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. Shinto Shrines (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities .
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Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity
石の神 Ishi no Kami
手力男命 / 天之手力男神 / 天手力男神
Ame no Tajikara Onokami, Amenotajikara O no Kami
天手力男神 Amenotadikaraonokami / Ame-no-tajikarao
Jinseki 石神 a place name in Hiroshima
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. Iwagami 岩神 "rock deity" .
Often a special rock or boulder venerated by the villagers.
. Shibagami 柴神 / シバガミ Shibagami / 柴取り神 Shibatorigami .
and トンビョウ神 Tonbyogami
. magaibutsu 磨崖仏散歩 Stone Cliff Buddhas .
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Isonokami, iso no kami 石上 (ishi no ue) 石上サン on a stone
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homepage of isonokami.jp
. Isonokami Jingu 石上神宮 .
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The "Ishigami-san" (Stone God) on the grounds of 神明神社 Shinmei Jinja Shrine
is worshipped by the women divers since the old days as a god who "grants at least one wish of a woman".
In the present day, many women from all parts of Japan come to worship here.
All you have to do is to write just one wish on the "Wish Paper", and post the Wish Paper in the wish box in front of "Ishigami-san", then pray.
A rather unique good luck charm, which has the embroidery of a star and grills, is also popular.
Because a star could be drawn in one stroke, the women divers believed "they could return where they started after the dive".
Also, the grills implied that "there is no open space from where a demon could enter".
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source : pmiyazaki.com/takachiho/isigami...
高千穂の石神神社 （いしがみじんじゃ）in Takachiho
Deity in Residence is 牛神大明神 Ushigami Daimyojin
. ushigami 牛神 Kami of cattle .
= Ta no Kami, Ta-no-Kami 田の神 Tanokami, God of the Fields
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. Onishi Jinja 鬼石神社 Onishi Shrine .
Onishi 鬼石町（おにしまち） was a town located in Tano District, Gunma Prefecture.
The region produced many stones 石の産地.
The protector deity of stones was called 鬼石明神
Onishi Myojin and is known at least since 1703.
oni ishi 鬼石 lit. Demon Stone
- Reference : kojiki.kokugakuin...
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. shingun 神軍 / jingun ジングン heavenly army phenomenon .
Stones like arrowheads falling from the sky.
. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .
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蝶の類枯れ石神に日燦爛
木村蕪城
化石神やまなみねがえりをうつか
田畑耕作
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Ishigami 石神 often refers to an unusual stone formation, venerated as a deity.
reference : 蒲生郡安土町老蘇式内奥石神社『神社本紀』
青森県黒石市牡丹平大山祇神社 砲弾鬼石神
大山祇神社（おおやまづみじんじゃ）Oyamazumi Jinja
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Hakoishi Jinja 箱石神社
in 宮城県 Miyagi 石巻市 Ishinomaki city
. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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ujigami 氏神 clan deity of the
ashigaru 足軽 soldiers of the Sendai domain, who lived in 成田町 the Narita town, along 北上川 the river Kitakamigawa.
When 坂上宿禰高道
Sakanoue Sukune passed here in 863 to fight the Emishi, he found his death here.
His soul turned into a dragon and caused great flooding. To appease his soul, the shrine was erected.
. ashigaru 足軽 "light legs", common foot soldier .
. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .
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Retsuishi Jinja 裂石神社 "split stone" Shrine
in Yamanashi 山梨県, Enzan city - 岩盤から湯が湧出
The saddle of the deity riding to Retsuishi Shrine became a stone.
At the temple 裂石山 雲峰寺 Retsuishizan Unpo-Ji
source : rubese.net/gurucomi...
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Tateiwa Jinja 立石神社 (たていわじんじゃ) "standing stone" in various places / 立石稲荷
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. ubusuna ishi うぶすな石 stone for the Deity of Birth .
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
// 石の神
There is 自然石の神 a natural stone deity called 松倉様 Matsukura sama.
They say if flew here in one night.
source : www43.tok2.com/home/hikeaomori...
Matsukura Jinja 松倉神社
Aomori, 五所川原市前田野目
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秋田市
Akita city 金足
Kanaashi
Ishigami Sama 石神様
At 鳰崎 Niozaki there are two
hokora 祠 small Shrines, one dedicated to 石神様 Ishigami Sama and one to 白山様 Hakusan Sama.
At the Hakusan Shrine,
amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals are performed. If they do not bring any result, the next rain ritual is performed at the Shrine for Ishigami Sama.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
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大石神社 Shrine Oishi Jinja
Gomiso ゴミソ a Shaman like the Itako
Around 1920, 工藤むら Kudo Mura was worried about the health of his daughter さだ Sada. He consulted a local Gomiso Shaman, who told him she should to go to 赤倉山 Mount Akakurayama.
For three years and three months, she went to venerate the ウブスナさま Ubusuna-Sama in the village of 鼻和村 Hanawa. At the end of this time, 成田の不動様 the great Fudo of Narita showed his form. The following year from the New Year on she went to Akakura and the shrine 大石神社
Oishi Jinja for three days of prayer and eventually became a Gomiso Shaman.
The Shrine 赤倉山神社
Akakurayama Jinja is located at Higashiiwakisan-1-39 Hyakuzawa, Hirosaki.
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今治郡
Imabari district // 石神サン
There is
kyoseki 巨石 a huge stone megalith and if people touch it, their stomach will begin to ache.
There are various large stones in Imabari.
伯方島 宝股山 石神
石清水八幡神社 磐座
伯方島 喜多浦八幡神社の亀石
手水鉢の石
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Ehime 西条市
Saijo city 千町
Sencho town // 石の神体
osainoki san, o-sai no ki san おさいのきさん honorable tree at the border
This type of tree is located ath the borders of a village.
One is at 旧加茂村内部落 Kamo village Murauchi hamlet at the pond 御代池 / 御代ヶ池(みよがいけ) Myogaike, where ia rock is venerated as Kami.
At its side are many
zoori 草履 straw sandals.
It is venerated as
tagori no kami タゴリの神 (
tagori means coughing).
If prayers have helped to cure, people offer straw sandals.
. Sekigamisama 咳神様 Deity of coughing .
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群馬県利根郡片品村花咲
source : webgunma.com/189...
hanasaki ishi 花咲石 - ハナサキイシ Hanasaki Stone
Yamato Takeru was on his way to Northern Japan to fight 悪勢（おぜ）Oze, a bad grouop of people.
In the mountains lived
majin 魔神 a bad deit (Oze), which did not follow the orders of the Imperial Court but brought trouble to the villagers.
This bad deity was overpowered and burned. His daughter was a pure girl, but the soldiers of Takeru captured and killed her. Her maid servant cried herself to death and her soul became a stone. The stone was called Hanasaki "Stone of flowering blossoms".
The stone is now a historical landmark in 片品村 Katashina village.
Another version of the legend tells of the wife of Oze, which had hidden in a cave. The enemy set fire to the cave and she died in the flames. Her dead body begun to grow into a large stone, with the pattern of rainbow-colored
botan 牡丹 peony blossoms.
After her death, the villagers begun to get ill and have misfortunes, so they built a red
torii 鳥居 Shrine gate and venerated the place as
牡丹石明神.
This part of Katashina village is called 花咲 Hanasaki Hamlet.
. Yamato Takeru 日本武尊 .
. majin 魔神 - akushin, akujin 悪神 devil, Teufel .
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神石郡
Jinseki district 神石高原町
Kogencho town // 石神さん
A 伊勢参りの旅人 pilgrim to the Ise Shrine forgot a package on
iwa 岩 a rock, but the villagers found it. First they wanted to throw it away but the next day they put it back in the rock. This went on for a few days and eventually they opened it.
Inside were
tamagushi 玉串 branch offerings. The villagers placed them on the rock and venerated them as
shintai 神体 the Body of Kami.
Later a stone mason wanted to split the rock, but red blood came out of it.
The stone had originally been the size of a bed, but now it begun to grow more and more into the sky.
. tamagushi 玉串 offering of a sacred Sakaki branch .
. shintai 神体 "body of the deity" .
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Hiroshima 庄原市
Shobara city 東城町
Tojo town
. Ishigami san 石神さん The Venerable Stone Deity .
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明石市
Akashi city // 明石の神
Kami from Akashi
. Kakinomoto Jinja 柿本神社 Shinto Shrine in Akashi, Hyogo .
moojoozakura 盲杖櫻 / 盲杖桜 "Blind Stick Cherry".
A blind person from 筑紫 Tsukushi no Kuni province come here and repeated the prayer for a certain time:
ほのゞとまこと明石の神ならば 我にも見せよ人丸の塚
When he could see again, he placed his blind stick here and it grew into a cherry tree.
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Hyogo 神戸市
Kobe city まや山天上寺
Mayasan Tenjo-Ji
yakusui shinkoo 薬水信仰 belief in healing water
At the temple Tenjo-Ji there is a special stone monument with a hole on the top, where the water collects.
In former times this was attributed to 石神 Ishigami or 石仏地蔵碑 a stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu.
The water would heal eye diseases.
. Maya san Tenjooji 摩耶山天上寺 Tenjo-Ji .
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八幡平市 Hachimandaira city
Shizukuishi Jinja 滴石神社
At this Shrine there is a mysterious stone with an opening like a bottle to pour a drink. On its top it makes a sound like シズクイシ "shizuku ishi", on the bottom it makes a dripping sound like
tantan タンタン. Many people come here to take a look. The local headman who had to guide the visitors became weary of the job and split the top of the spring stone. As a curse his family became very poor, but the story was told from grandfather to grandchild.
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さぬき市
Sanuki city // 田石の神様 Taishi no Kamisama
. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
The neighbour of 広瀬 Hirose san once said "I am going to pray at 田石の神様 Taishi no Kamisama sanctuary. When he wanted to go back, it was already quite dark. Suddenly 白い狸 a white tanuki appeared in front of him. This Tanuki, quite a Yokai monster, was called
Ashimagari 足まがり
Ashi-Magari, trying to prevent him from going straight .
But he kicked the animal with one leg, so it disappeared.
It took him more than 12 hours to get home.
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鎌倉市
Kamakura city
At the Shrine 石神神社
Ishigami Jinja (In the compound of Goryo Jinja) there is an annual ritual on the 25th of July to appease the local 河童 Kappa. Young men with bowls of offerings swim as far as the point from where the island of Enoshima can be seen, then they throw the offerings into the sea.
This will prevent the Kappa from doing harm to the swimmers on the famous beach.
. Kappa Legends from Kanagawa 神奈川 .
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幡多郡
Hata district 西土佐村
Nishi-Tosa village // 石神さん
. kannazuki 神無月 month where the Kami are absent .
kami no rusu 神の留守 the gods are absent
This is the 10th lunar month, when the Kami father at 出雲 Izumo.
During that time Izumo no matsu 出雲の松 the pine of Izumo begins to bend.
Konpira san 金毘羅さん and 石神さん Ishigami san do not go.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
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上京区
Kamigyo ward
iwagami 石神 / イワガミ Iwagami Deity
The rock at 下の石神 Shimo no Iwagami has been pulled here by 高松殿 the lord of Takamatsu. There had been a strange light every night at the top, so the wet nurse of the lord was awarded to become priestess at the temple / shrine to venerate and appease Ishigami 石神寺 / 石神社.
The Shrine is also known as 岩神神社 Iwagami Jinja, 「岩神祠(いわがみし/いわがみ の ほこら)」 Iwagami no Hokora, 、「岩神さん」 Iwagami san or 「岩上神社」 Iwagami Jinja.
Iwagami Shrine (岩上神社) - Daikokucho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto
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It Shrine is very small. When I first visited the place, I almost overlooked it, because the shrine consists of only one water basin and one main building. The size of the shrine is about 10 square meters of land. However, it has obviously been enshrined importantly by local people for a long time.
This shrine’s object of worship is this rock.
There is an interesting story related to this rock. In ancient times, this rock used to be placed at Nijo Horikawa. However, people in those days decided to relocate the rock to different places, and they did so several times. The rock was actually really upset about it, and some people heard the sound of crying from the rock at night. What is more, soon after the relocations, many unfortunate accidents happened in Kyoto over and over again. People of that time were terrified and started to believe that these accidents were results of the rock’s wrath. Consequently, people decided to establish a shrine to appease the wrath of the rock, and they restored the peace in the city. Today, we can still see the rock enshrined at
Iwagami Shrine.
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河藝郡
Kawage district 栗眞村 Kurima village // 石神
A woman in the village became ill. An oracle told her, it was because the family had burned down the little forest around the local Shrine for 石神 Ishigami. Since then the family begun to pray at the Shrine and never cut a tree from there again.
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西都市
Saito city 銀鏡
Shiromi // 石神
tatsu no koma 龍の駒 horse of a dragon
On the Westernn slope of 龍房山
Mount Ryubusuyama there is a hamlet called 秋切集落 Akkiri.
There is 石神 a stone deity named Ryu no Tama 龍之玉. In the nearby river the
tatsu no koma 龍の駒 horse of the deity comes do drink.
銀鏡(しらみ)神社 Shirami Jinja / 銀鏡神社（しろみ神社） Shiromi Shrine
- reference source : pmiyazaki.com/siromi_j... -
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マユイシノカミは前石の神 mayuishi no kami
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モンイシノカミ mon ishi no kami
門の石の神 stone deity of the gate
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パライシノカミ para ishi no kami
パライシノカミ（腹石 hara no ishi） は柱石の神である。
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シティイシノカミshitii ishi no kami
シティイシノカミは墓の下部の石の神である。
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ウヤイシノカミ waya ishi no kami
ウヤイシノカミは親石、または上石の神である。
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天王寺区
Tennoji ward
During the construction of 四天王寺 Shitenno-Ji temple, ox carts were used to transport the stones. When the construction was finished, one bull turned into a stone.
He is now venerated at 石神の祠 a small Ishigami Shrine,
Ishigami Do 石神堂.
. Temple Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 .
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東松浦郡
Higashi-Matsuura district 鎮西町
Chinzei town // 石の神
ochosusama, o-chosu sama おちょす様 Deity to protect children
At the roadside is a stone deity named O-Chosu Sama, venerated in a small shrine with a thatched roof.
On the 20th day of the New Year there is 的射り a ritual of children shooting at a target. The small shrine was once relocated to 十二社宮 the place for 12 Shrines, but a priest said this was not good, so it was brought back to its old place.
In former times, children had used bamboo sticks to pick the stone, but a farmer stopped them.
The farmer soon died of a curse from the Deity.
. kodomo no kami 子供の神 Deity to protect children .
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浜田市
Hamada city
Once upon a time, there was a huge rock. If people touched it, they got crazy or even died. When スサノオノミコト the Deity
Susanoo no Mikoto split it into two parts, the strange things did not happen any more. One of these rocks gave name to the Shrine erected there, 石神神社
Ishigami Jinja.
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練馬区
Nerima ward
. Shakujii Park 石神井公園 Shakujii Koen .
石神井神社
Shrine Shakujii Jinja
sakana 魚 fish
At 石神井の池
the pond in Shakuji Park there lived a strange fish, each of its scales looked like a torii 鳥居 gate of a Shinto shrine.
During flooding this fish is swept out to the surrounding rice and vegetable fields. The villagers revere it as a messenger of the deity of Shajuji Shrine and never catch it.
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Once a man heard the bell of a bicycle along the river Shakujigawa.
There were very few bycicles in this area and it might have been the mischief of the ghost of someone who had once fallen into the river and drowned.
Suddenly the place became quite popular and many people came to look out for the ghost.
Finally they realized it was the voice of frogs and the excitement died down.
. Yamata no orochi 山田の大蛇 / 八岐大蛇 huge monster serpent .
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防府市
Hofu city // 立石
Tateishi Inari 立石稲荷 / 立石稲荷神社
Dannouracho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi
Built in the slope in three steps.
Tateishi Inari Myojin 立石稲荷明神
Once the elder brother was very sick and his life in danger. The parents went to 立石稲荷社 Tateishi Inari Jinja to pray for his recovery. The next morning there was a long flag from
white cotton hanging from the ceiling. The flag touched the cheek of the boy, fell down before the mother and then vanished. The sick boy recovered very soon. The flag must have been from the Deity of the Tateishi Shrine.
. momen 木綿 legends about cotton .
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大島郡
Oshima district 周防大島町
Suo Oshima town
On the mountain near the Shrine 志度石神社
Shidoishi Jinja there is a bird with white patterns below its wings. It is said to be fed by the Deity itself.
On the 11th day of the new year, there is a ritual called Otogui, O-to kui 御鳥喰 "feeding the bird", when the bird is fed. If the bird does not eat the food, there will be a bad year with disasters ahead.
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// 石の神
On the 14th day of the New Year the Dosojin 道祖神 Wayside Gods are venerated as 石の神 Ishi no Kami. The fire of the ritual will protect children from getting ill.
. Doosojin 道祖神 Dosojin, Dososhin - Legends about Wayside Gods .
. Yooka sama. Yōka 八日様 Yoka Sama, the Honorable Day Eight .
oyooka sama お八日様 O-Yoka Sama
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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
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