About this website “Mythology comprises five main topics: theogony, which explains the genesis of gods; cosmogony, on the creation of the universe; anthropogony, on the origins of man; escathology, which discusses such issues as the future of humanity, the end of life and the world, immor...
Third, Japanese has abundant derivational and inflectional morphology as an agglutinative language. For example, the root /mot/ meaning <hold> can have many derivatives as follows:motsu, “hold” (plain);motʃimasu, “hold” (polite);motanai, “not hold” (plain);motʃimasen, “not hold...
In similar fashion, the Japanese pronunciation of Kōshin 庚申 (the inauspicious 57th year of the cycle, closely associated with the monkey) is a homophone for Koushin 更神, meaning “exchange of the gods.” Says Professor Livia Kohn of Boston University: “On the Koushin day, the spirit ...
The latter are known as BUTSU 佛 and 仏 and NYORAI 如来(all mean Buddha or Tathagata), BOSATSU 菩薩(meaning Bodhisattva), TEN 天(meaning Deva), MYŌ-Ō 明王(meaning Luminescent Kings). See Terminology Page for more terms. Shintō Kami (Deities) What’s On This Page Amaterasu Ancestral ...
people happy. I don’t know if I could do such a thing. Those who make me happy are you. I was helpless and useless, even now there is a time I feel I am useless. However, if there is only one person who likes my cosplays, I feel that a wreck like me has a meaning to ...
The study is devoted to the meaning and the main types of divinatory practices in the Japanese antiquity. The main objects of the study are the texts written in 8th c., such as two mythological and historic annals, “Records of Ancient Matters” (“Kojiki”) and “The Chronicles of Japan...
I think the title is supposed to evoke the Japanese word “nonbiri”, meaning “taking it easy”, because this was the most relaxing anime I’ve ever seen. I like slice of life anime, but usually only when they have some notions of plot or conflict included; the full-on “iyashikei”...
We have seen this kind of thing, but it is rare to see it in the same scene. Fortunately, the two people have two styles, one is the Japanese style with both praise and criticism, and the other is the steady Xiaoqingxin. I guess the two people are not only the same in clothes, ...
the delicacy of movement and line inSwings;and the butterfly-like canopies inWet afternoon.I could go on and on about the joy these works brought me when looking at them, their vivaciousness, their intense, effervescent spirit. If you get a chance before the exhibition closes next weekend ...
Fox. Kitsune have become closely associated with Inari, a Shinto kami or spirit, and serve as its messengers. The entrance to an Inari shrine is usually marked by one or more vermilion torii (below) and some statues of kitsune, which are often adorned with red yodarekake (votive bibs). ...