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Ta-no-Kami is also called Noushin (kami of agriculture) or kami of peasants. Ta-no-Kami shares the kami of corn, the kami of water and the kami of defense, especially the kami of agriculture associated with mountain faith and veneration of the dead (faith in the sorei). Ta-no-Kami in Kagoshima Prefecture and parts of Miyazaki Prefecture is ...
The child was thus named 'Ki(no)mata-no-Kami' (木俣神, from ki (no) mata "tree fork"). [ 70 ] [ 69 ] Ōkuninushi – in this section of the narrative given the name Yachihoko-no-Kami (八千矛神, "Deity of Eight Thousand Spears") – then wooed a third woman, Nunakawahime (沼河比売) of the land of Koshi , singing the following poem :
In the Kojiki, Ōkuninushi used to rule the world, but he relinquished control during the Kuni-yuzuri to transfer control to the Amatsukami.He made a request that a magnificent palace – rooted in the earth and reaching up to heaven – be built in his honor, and then withdrew himself into the "less-than-one-hundred eighty-road-bendings" (百不足八十坰手 momotarazu yasokumade, i.e. the ...
One common explanation is that foxes were originally associated with the older kami of rice fields, Ta-no-Kami. [2] The association between foxes and Ta-no-Kami may have been caused by the appearance of the red fox, as the fur of a red fox was said to have a similar color to that of ripe rice and their tails reminiscent of rice sheaths. [2]
Tamanoya-no-Mikoto, a kami believed to be the creator of Yasakani no Magatama. [26] Takitsuhiko a kami believed to bring forth rain. [27] Tamayori-hime, mother of Emperor Jimmu. [28] Ta-no-Kami (田の神), is a kami who is believed to observe the harvest of rice plants or to bring a good harvest, by Japanese farmers.
Haraedo-no-Kami (祓戸の神) – Kami of purification. Amongst the many kami born when Izanagi performed misogi in order to cleanse the netherworld filth on him after he had returned from his futile attempt to retrieve his late consort, Izanami. Haraegushi (祓串, lit. ' purification wand ') – an ōnusa having a hexagonal or octagonal wand.
Etymology: ni + wa (always written は) The wa part is the topic particle. Serves as emphasis for a negative ending. Nouns: "for" Shichimi wa, watashi ni wa kara-sugiru. 七味は、私には辛すぎる。 Shichimi is too spicy for me. (i.e., "you might like it, but I'm not touching it.") Noun: "in, to" Kyōto ni wa hana ga aru. 京都には ...
Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World (Japanese: キミと僕の最後の戦場、あるいは世界が始まる聖戦, Hepburn: Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjō, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen), abbreviated as KimiSen (キミ戦), is a Japanese light novel series written by Kei Sazane and illustrated by Ao Nekonabe.