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Ise Shrine's Aramatsuri-no-miya is said to enshrine Amaterasu's ara-mitama. The Ara-Mitama (荒魂, lit. "Wild/Rampageous Spirit") is the dynamic or rough and violent side of a spirit. [5] [6] A kami's first appearance is as an ara-mitama, which must be pacified with appropriate pacification rites and worship so that the nigi-mitama can appear ...
Location map of former Mitama town. Mitama (三珠町, Mitama-chō) was a town located in Nishiyatsushiro District, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 4,047 and a population density of 137.33 persons per km 2. The total area was 29.47 km 2.
A monstrous goddess mentioned in the Kujiki, born from Susanoo's ferocious spirit (his ara-mitama) when he vomited it forth to expel it. She is said to be an ancestor deity for all short-tempered, disobedient yōkai. Amaterasu The Shinto sun goddess, sister of Susanoo the storm god and Tsukuyomi the moon god.
Murai Jun (村井ジュン, 1897 - 1970) was the founder of what is regarded today as the largest indigenous church in Japan - Iesu no Mitama Kyōkai, was born into a Methodist family in Tokyo and later studied theology at Aoyama College. While he was studying there, something troubled him deeply to the point of anticipating suicide.
Ōmononushi (Japanese: 大物主神, romanized: Ōmononushi-no-Kami; historical orthography: Ohomononushi) is a kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa (also known as Mount Mimoro) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.
While seemingly portrayed as a distinct entity in the Kojiki, the Shoki depicts the two as essentially being the same entity, with Ōmononushi being Ōkuninushi's aspect or spirit ( mitama) Kunitsukuri Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto (国作大己貴命 (くにつくりおお(あ)なむちのみこと), "Maker of the Land, Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto")
A mitamaya (御霊屋, literally mitama "soul [of the dead]" + ya "house"; also called, otamaya, tamaya, or soreisha 祖霊社, or "Reibyo" 霊廟) [1] is an altar used in Shinto-style ancestor worship, dedicated in the memory of deceased forebears. It generally has a mirror symbolizing the spirits of the deceased or a tablet bearing their ...
Traditionally, kami possess two souls, one gentle (nigi-mitama) and the other assertive ; additionally, in Yamakage Shinto (see Ko-Shintō), kami have two additional souls that are hidden: one happy (saki-mitama) and one mysterious (kushi-mitama). [3]: 130 Kami are not visible to the human realm. Instead, they inhabit sacred places, natural ...