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  2. Toshigami - Wikipedia

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    Toshigami (年神 or 歳神, Toshigami or Tomo, lit. "year god"), also known as Ōtoshi-no-kami (大年神, lit. "great year god"), is a Japanese kami and a part of the Shinto pantheon. Etymology [ edit ]

  3. Namahage - Wikipedia

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    Thus it is a kind of toshigami. The practice has shifted over the years. According to 20th century descriptions, the namahage would typically receive mochi (rice cakes) from the households they visited, [ 3 ] but newlywed couples were supposed to play host to them in full formal attire and offer them sake and food. [ 3 ]

  4. Tikki Tikki Tembo - Wikipedia

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    Tikki Tikki Tembo is set in ancient China and invents a fictitious ancient Chinese custom whereby parents honor their first-born sons with long, elaborate names that everyone is obliged to say completely – no nicknames, no shortening of any kind – while second-born sons are typically given short, unimportant names.

  5. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A pair of characters from Kyūshū, one with long legs and the other with long arms. Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi Children of Ōyamatsumi and the parents of Kushinadahime, whom Susanoo saved from the Yamata-no-Orochi and later married. They are the grandparents of Yashimajinumi, which makes them ancestors of Ōkuninushi. Atago Gongen

  6. Ukanomitama - Wikipedia

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    The Kojiki identifies Ukanomitama (宇迦之御魂神 Ukanomitama-no-Kami) as the child of Susanoo by his second wife Kamu-Ōichihime (神大市比売), who was a daughter of Ōyamatsumi (大山津見神), the god of mountains.

  7. Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto - Wikipedia

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    He is also known by the name Yatagarasu. [2]Kamotaketsunumi is his name; '-no-Mikoto' is an honorific, denoting divinity. Kamotaketsunumi. He is the founder of the Kamo clan of Yamashiro Province, and is known as the deity of the Shimogamo Shrine (Shimogamo Shrine).

  8. Seven Lucky Gods - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese mythology, the Seven Lucky Gods or Seven Gods of Fortune (七福神, Shichifukujin in Japanese) are believed to grant good luck and are often represented in netsuke and in artworks.

  9. Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi - Wikipedia

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    [10] In the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the god Susanoo, after his banishment from the heavenly realm Takamagahara, came down to earth, to the land of Izumo, where he encountered an elderly couple named Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, both children of the mountain god Ōyamatsumi.