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. Shinto Shrines (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
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Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神 - Legends
. The Deity Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神 - Introduction .
. Shinmeigu 神明宮 Shinmeigu Shrines .
Shrines where the deity 天照大御神
Amaterasu Omikami is venerated.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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. 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai .
During the times of 後光厳天皇 Gokogon Tenno (1338 - 1374), the priest 覚乗上人
Saint Kakujo from 西大寺 the Temple Saidai-Ji held a ritual for 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai as
honjibutsu 本地仏 the original Buddhist identity of 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami at 伊勢内外宮 the Shrines of Ise.
Then he had a dream vision:
At 二見浦 Futamiura he saw the golden figure of a 龍蛇形 Ryuja Dragon Serpent.
Kakujo threw his Buddhist robes into the sea, but did not see the figure of the deity.
Soon he had another dream vision:
At 無量寿寺 the Temple Muryoju-Ji he saw himself carving Amida Sanzon 阿弥陀三尊 Amida Sanzon Statues.
When he went to the temple, he saw that the statue of Amida was wearing the Buddhist robe he had thrown into the sea.
. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .
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dozoku tsubuteishi 土俗礫石 / ドゾクツブテイシ special pebbles
On the beach of 伊勢山 Iseyama there is a huge boulder.
All the rocks nearby are of a different stone material.
It came here because 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami played with rocks and pebbles and this one landed here.
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西尾市
Nishio city 寺部町
Terabe town
The younger sister of 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami is 栗島大明神 Kurishima Daimyojin.
When she married 摂州住居明神 the Deity Settsu Jukyo Myojin she became ill.
She was thrown into the see and floated away.
She landed at （かた） 蚊田の浦 Kata no Ura in Kishu (Wakayama).
The people who saw her venerated her as 蚊田の栗島大明神
Kata no Kurishima Daimyojin.
She promised to protect all women from diesases.
Even now many women come here to prey for healing.
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仙北市
Senboku city 西木町
Nishiki town
. kamidana 神棚 household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .
A woman named 田口イシノ Taguchi Ishino used a stone to perform
uranai 占い fortune telling. She was called イシガミサマ Ishigami Sama.
and the
kamidana 神棚 shelf for 天照大神 the Sun Godess Amaterasu Omikami
. Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity .
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南会津郡
Minami-Aizu district 南会津町
Minami-Aizu town
. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
On day 16 of January and July the hunters hold a special festival, otoki matsuri おときまつり/ オトキ祭 .
They put a
shimenawa しめなわ sacred rope in the living room
and make offerings of
mochi 餅 rice cakes to 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami.
The rice cake offerings are then brought to the mountain and can prevent avalanches.
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福知山市
Fukuchiyama city 大江町
Oe town
麻呂子親王 Prince
Maroko Shinno carving seven statues of Yakushi Nyorai.
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from 京都 Kyoto .
. kishin, kijin, onigami 鬼神 - Legends .
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京都市
Kyoto city
yata no kagami 八咫の鏡 "The Eight Ta Mirror"
When 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami was hiding in 岩戸 the Iwado rock cave,
her features were reflected in this mirror.
So the Deity tried to go up to the sky.
The mirror was caught in the robe of an attendand and remained on earth.
Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡) is a sacred mirror that is part of the Imperial Regalia of Japan.
Its name literally means "The Eight Ta Mirror," a reference to its size and octagonal shape.
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長野市
Nagano city 戸隠
Togakushi
Tajikarao no mikoto 手力雄命 The Deikt Tajikarao
When 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami hid in Ame no Iwado 天岩戸 the Iwado cave,
the Deity 手力雄命 Tajikarao no mikoto tried to open the cave.
But he could not and fell down to earth. The place where he landed is
Togakushiyama 戸隠山 Mount Togakushi (1904).
Surprized by the noise,
Kuzuryu no Kami 九頭龍神 the
Dragon Deity with Nine Heads appeared.
Where he landed is now called
Kuzuryuyama 九頭龍山
Mount Kuzuryu,
one of the peaks of 戸隠連峰 the Togakushi Mountain Range.
Ame-no-tajikarao アメノタジカラオ is written as 天手力男神 in Kojiki, and 天手力雄神 in Nihon Shoki.
手力雄命 Tajikara o no mikoto / 手力男神 Amenotadikaraonokmi
Tajikarao's name means
heaven hand power.
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. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
九頭龍神 Dragon Deity with Nine Heads - legends from Nagano
Kuzuryu Okami 九頭龍大神 / 九頭竜大神
A local officer went to 九頭龍山
Mount Kuzuryu.
He was told the dragon lived in 種ヶ池 the pond Tanegaike and said:
"Dragon, if you are real, hide me in the water!"
Soon a swirl came up and drew the officer into the water.
Later when the descendants of the officer came to the pond, they were told to pray all night
and then look at the mountain.
Next morning they saw a dragon with nine heads wrapped aroung the muntain is seven rolls.
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Nagano 下伊那郡
Shimo-Ina district 阿南町
Anan town
If a worshipper of 天照大神宮 the Shrine Tenshokotai Jingu becomes very ill,
he makes a wish to
ujigami 氏神 the Clan deity and becomes well soon.
Such a person will be reborn as
ubusuna sama no ko うぶすな様の子 a child of the Ujigami deity.
. ujigami 氏神 clan KAMI deities .
天照皇大神社
Shrine Tenshokotai Jinja
長野県下伊那郡天龍村神原森3884 Nagano, Shimoina, Tenryu, Kamihara Mori
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那覇市
Naha city
uishi no tera ウイシの寺， uisu no tera ウイスの寺
During the construction of the Chokotei causeway, the sea was too deep to build anything.
People prayed two nights and two days to 天照大神 Amaterasu Omikami.
The water receeded and they could built a bridge between 安里町 Asato town and 若狭町 Wakasa town.
They also build a Shrine at each town, calling it
uishi no tera ウイシの寺， uisu no tera ウイスの寺.
This is probably the local dialect for O-Ise no Tera オイセ （お伊勢）の寺 "Temple from Ise".
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長虹堤 Chokoutei Causeway
Chokoutei is one kilometer inter-island causeway connecting Naha and Asato, built in 1451.
Naha used to be an island and there was no bridge to connect the island to shore. Therefore when the Chinese envoys came to Okinawa, ships were lined up to between Naha and Asato to used them like a bridge.
King Sho Kinpuku ordered State Minister Kaiki to build a road connecting Naha and Asato. As water was deep and waves were high on this area, Kaiki thought the construction must be protected by the god. He erected an alter and prayed for a long time.
Eventually, water became low and the seabed appeared which let construction start. The road consists of seven bridges constructed from Sogen-ji Bridge to Ibegama (prayers' site surrounded by a stone wall in Kumoji).
When Kosei, a member of the Chinese investiture delegate, came to Okinawa in 1633, he noted this road in his poem that " "looks like a long rainbow from a distance".
Later this causeway started to be called Chokotei.
Chokotei causeway was the primary road linking Shuri and Naha from 1451 till Meiji era.
However traffic volume was dropped as train service started between Shuri and Naha in 1914 and a new Prefectural Road (current Kokusai-dori street) was opened to traffic.
Much of the Chokotei was lost in the Battle of Okinawa and to later development but parts of the causeway still remain.
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. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
The Deity 素戔嗚尊 Susanoo no Mikoto killed a huge serpent with eight tails and eight heads in Izumo
with his sword
totsuka no tsurugi 十握剣.
In the fourth tail, he found a great sword inside the body of the serpent which he named
天の叢雲 "
Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi".
He offered the sword to the goddess Amaterasu.
Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi 天叢雲剣 "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"
Kusanagi no Tsurugi 草薙剣
. Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi 草薙の剣 .
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