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A Amenonuhoko Azusa Yumi G Gohei (Japanese: 御幣) Goshintai (Japanese: 御神体) H Hama Yumi (Japanese: 破魔弓) Heisoku (Japanese: 幣束) I Imperial Regalia of Japan (Japanese: 三種の神器) K Kagura suzu (Japanese: 神楽鈴) Kusanagi (Japanese: 草薙の剣) Koma-inu (Japanese: 狛犬) M Mitamashiro (Japanese: 御霊代) N Nihongo or Nippongo (Japanese: 日本号) O O-fuda ...
Ame-no-Uzume (天宇受売命 or 天鈿女命) Commonly called Uzume, she is the goddess of dawn and revelry in Shinto. [ 3 ] Fūjin ( 風神 ) Also known as Kaze-no-kami , he is the Japanese god of the wind and one of the eldest Shinto gods, said to have been present at the creation of the world.
Japanese gods and goddesses, called kami, are uniquely numerous (there are at least eight million) and varied in power and stature. [1] They are usually descendants from the original trio of gods that were born from nothing in the primordial oil that was the world before the kami began to shape it.
Japanese mythology in popular culture (2 C, 15 P) T. Trees in Shinto (1 C, 1 P) Y. Yamato Takeru Legend (2 C, 15 P)
Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.
Baryte, barite or barytes (/ ˈ b ær aɪ t, ˈ b ɛər-/ BARR-eyet, BAIR-[7] or / b ə ˈ r aɪ t iː z / bə-RYTE-eez [8]) is a mineral consisting of barium sulfate (BaS O 4). [3] Baryte is generally white or colorless , and is the main source of the element barium .
Okiku, Oiwa, and the lovesick Otsuyu together make up the San O-Yūrei (三大幽霊, "three great Yūrei") of Japanese culture. These are yūrei whose stories have been passed down and retold throughout the centuries, and whose characteristics along with their circumstances and fates have formed a large part of Japanese art and society.
Japanese folklore encompasses the informally learned folk traditions of Japan and the Japanese people as expressed in its oral traditions, customs, and material culture. In Japanese, the term minkan denshō (民間伝承, "transmissions among the folk") is used to describe folklore. The academic study of folklore is known as minzokugaku ...