'''Reikon''', in [[Shinto]], is the equivalent to the soul or 'spirit' in western culture.
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Ryūjin shinkō 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water kami. It is connected with
...ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=795 Ryūjin shinkō], Encyclopedia of Shinto
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...— such as a kodama — or an inanimate object — which may possess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. Obake derived from household objects are of
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Raiju is the companion of Raijin, the Shinto god of lightning. While the demon is generally calm and harmless, during th
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An example of a goryo is the Shinto kami known as Tenjin. Government official Sugawara no Michizane was killed
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...u is commonly held to be derived from Amanosagume (天探女), a wicked deity in Shinto myth, which shares the amanojaku's contrary nature and ability to see into
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...foreign place, may the gods send a counter-wind (from Ise; Ise is a strong Shinto area)"</blockquote>.
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* Aston, William George. 1905. Shinto: (the Way of the Gods). Longmans, Green, and Co.
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On New Year's Eve, after a ritual Shinto ceremony to purify the Namahage masks, selected local men turn into monster
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...Okami''' 龗, or '''Okami no kami''' 淤加美神 is a legendary Japanese dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow.
...r and rainfall, such as Suijin 水神 "water god" and Okami, are worshipped at Shinto shrines, especially during times of drought. For instance, Niukawakami Jinj
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Japanese dragons are associated with both Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples, particularly those located near bodies of wat
''Ryūjin shinkō'' 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water ''[[kami]]''. It is connect
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...signifying the white burial kimono used in Edo period funeral rituals. In Shinto, white is a color of ritual purity, traditionally reserved for priests and
...ers of Japanese folklore, malicious yūrei are repelled by ofuda (御札), holy Shinto writings containing the name of a kami. The ofuda must generally be placed
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Shinto priests, monks, and sorcerors typically had little to fear from oni, as hol
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...and forest goblins or yokai in Japanese mythology, sometimes worshipped as Shinto kami (revered spirits or gods).
...iginal bird's bill.[1] Perhaps via confusion with the similarly-long-nosed Shinto deity Sarutahiko, who is described in the Japanese historical text, the Nih
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...ness of the Emperor of Japan was linked to his mythical descent from the [[Shinto]] [[solar deity|sun goddess]], [[Amaterasu]].
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...ampiric myths, vampires are often similarly warded by holy devices such as Shinto seals.
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*[[Shinto]]
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*[[Izanami]] (Shinto)
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