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  2. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [8]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.

  3. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese chimera with the features of the beasts from the Chinese Zodiac: a rat's head, rabbit ears, ox horns, a horse's mane, a rooster's comb, a sheep's beard, a dragon's neck, a back like that of a boar, a tiger's shoulders and belly, monkey arms, a dog's hindquarters, and a snake's tail. Koto-furunushi

  4. List of sacred objects in Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto - Wikipedia

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    Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), [1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), [2] is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み ...

  6. Traditional colors of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Name Romanized English RGB Hex triplet Name Romanized English RGB Hex triplet; 藤紫: Fujimurasaki: Wisteria purple 135,95,154 #875F9A 桔梗色: Kikyō-iro: Bellflower color 93,63,106 #5D3F6A 紫苑色: Shion-iro: Tatarian aster color 151,110,154 #976E9A 滅紫: Messhi [5] Poppy purple 63,49,58 #3F313A 紫紺: Shikon: Blue-violet 43,32,40 ...

  7. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [ 1 ]

  8. Ame-no-Uzume - Wikipedia

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    Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the wife of fellow-god Sarutahiko Ōkami. (-no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Japanese gods; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific 'the ...

  9. Yamata no Orochi - Wikipedia

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    As it crawled it extended over a space of eight hills and eight valleys." The botanical names used to describe this Orochi are akakagachi or hoozuki (winter cherry or Japanese lantern, Physalis alkekengi), hikage (club moss, Lycopodiopsida), hinoki (Japanese cypress, Chamaecyparis obtusa), and sugi (Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria).