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' malevolent spirits ') – An oni-like creature in Japanese folklore, thought to be able to provoke a person's darkest desires. Similar to the amanojaku. Jama (邪魔, lit. ' malevolent demons ') – A demon or devil of perversity, a hindrance to the practice of purity in Shinto and the practice of enlightenment in Buddhism. Jichinsai ...
Brahmarakshasas were a regular feature in old Indian stories like Simhasana Dvatrimsika, [5] Panchatantra [6] [7] and other old wives tales. [8] As per these stories, brahmarakshasas, were powerful enough also to grant any boon, money, gold, if they became pleased with any person.
It is an open barrier type domain, similar to Malevolent Shrine. The effect of this domain is unclear, though its guaranteed-hit severely injured Yuki Tsukumo, a special grade jujutsu sorcerer, after which Kenjaku successfully kills Yuki, while Choso escapes with the knowledge they gained on Kenjaku, as well as all of Yuki's research on souls.
At the Ise Grand Shrine, "the holiest of all Shinto shrines", [4] wooden charms named ō-harai, another name for harae or harai, are hung all over the shrine. [5] In all Shinto religious ceremonies, harae is performed in the beginning of the ritual to cleanse any evil, pollution or sins away before anyone gives offerings to the kami.
The style of torii is not strictly based on the style of shrine, and there could be more than one style of torii in one shrine. [4] Similar to shimenawa, torii also have meaning in Shinto, representing a gate to the world, people, or any relationship. [7] The purpose of torii and shimenawa is the same, in bringing lost people to the kami-filled ...
The rabbit herald of Sumiyoshi Shrine. Hama (波真) The other rabbit herald of Sumiyoshi Shrine. Mitsuki (深月) The other rabbit herald of Sumiyoshi Shrine. Nachi (那智) The crow herald of Kumano Shrine. Tetsuro (鉄郎, Tetsurō) A wolf herald who does not live in a specific shrine and travels to various shrines with his human friend ...
A 'ship shrine' (艦内神社, kannai jinja) inside battleship Mikasa (currently in Mikasa Park in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture). Beside the altar is a wooden ofuda ( kifuda ) from Tōgō Shrine (dedicated to the deified naval leader Tōgō Heihachirō , who used Mikasa as his flagship) in Harajuku , Tokyo .
Yaldabaoth, otherwise known as Jaldabaoth or Ialdabaoth [a] (/ ˌ j ɑː l d ə ˈ b eɪ ɒ θ /; Koinē Greek: Ιαλδαβαώθ, romanized: Ialdabaóth; Latin: Ialdabaoth; [1] Coptic: ⲒⲀⲖⲦⲀⲂⲀⲰⲐ Ialtabaôth), is a malevolent God and demiurge (creator of the material world) according to various Gnostic sects, represented sometimes as a theriomorphic, lion-headed serpent.