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Soga Nichokuan's "Eagle on a Rock" ink on paper, c. 1624–44 In Japan, records indicate that falconry from Continental Asia began in the fourth century. [ 1 ] According to a passage in the Nihon Shoki (720), continental falconry was introduced by the Baekje noble Sakenokimi in 359 during the reign of Emperor Nintoku . [ 2 ]
The elephant-headed god of Bliss venerated mainly in the Shingon and Tendai schools of Japanese Buddhism, comparable to Ganesha. Kappa A famous reptilian water monster with a water-filled head and a love of cucumbers. Karasu-tengu A low-ranking tengu that looks like an anthropomorphic bird. Karura A divine anthropomorphic eagle akin to the ...
大鷲, "Big Eagle" (Steller's sea eagle) 大取 ·大取り, "a key performer; last performer of the day" The name can also be written in hiragana or katakana .
Ryōbu Shintō (両部神道) – Also called shingon Shintō, in Japanese religion, the syncretic school that combined Shinto with the teachings of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. The school developed during the late Heian and Kamakura periods. The basis of the school's beliefs was the Japanese concept that kami were manifestations of Buddhist ...
A later version of the Kujiki, an ancient Japanese historical text, writes the name of Amanozako, a monstrous female deity born from the god Susanoo's spat-out ferocity, with characters meaning tengu deity (天狗神). The book describes Amanozako as a raging creature capable of flight, with the body of a human, the head of a beast, a long nose ...
Alabaster votive relief of Ur-Nanshe, king of Lagash, showing Anzû as a lion-headed eagle in a Master of Animals motif, ca. 2550–2500 BC; found at Tell Telloh the ancient city of Girsu, The name of the mythological being usually called Anzû was actually written in the oldest Sumerian cuneiform texts as 𒀭𒉎𒈪𒄷 ( an.im.mi mušen ...
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shortnose eagle ray [8] southwestern Atlantic Ocean off Brazil and Argentina. Myliobatis tenuicaudatus Hector, 1877: Australian/New Zealand eagle ray: near rocky reefs around New Zealand and southern Australia Myliobatis tobijei Bleeker, 1854: Japanese eagle ray [7] Indonesia and the Philippines,Japan, Korea, and China.