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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 unique; farmers pray before Ta-no-Kami stone statues in their communities.
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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 :
Many Kami are considered the ancient ancestors of entire clans, and some ancestors became Kami upon their death if they were able to embody the values and virtues of Kami in life. Traditionally, great or charismatic leaders like the Emperor could be kami. The deities of Japan are not all Shinto; many are Buddhist.
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.
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.
Kukunochi (久久能智神 – Tree Trunk Elder) [1] is the kami of trees, [2] the kami is also called Ki-no-kami, [3] or Kuku-no-shi. He is the brother of Ōyamatsumi, Shimatsuhiko, and Watatsumi. [4] It is possible Kukunochi was originally a tama that dwelled in trees. [5] [clarification needed] Kukunochi is found in older records. [6]
Kunitama (国魂) is a type of kami or god who acts as a tutelary deity or guardian of a province of Japan or sometimes other areas in Shinto. [1] [2]: 102 The term is sometimes treated as a specific deity itself especially with Hokkaidō Shrine, [2]: 394 and other colonial shrines, [3]: 53–54 [3]: 217 a or as an epithet in the case of Okunitama Shrine [4] or a part of a deity's name in the ...