Tanabata, also known as the “Star festival”, takes place on the 7th day of the 7th month of the year, when the two star-crossed lovers, who are, incidentally according to legend, also the star deities Altair and Vega, usually separated from each other by the Milky way, and who are...
Completed in 720, this work also includes various myths and legends, and it helps establish the genealogy of the imperial family The Nihongi was greatly influenced by Hachiman, one of the most popular gods of Japanese mythology, was the patron of warriors. Japanese Deities Deity Role ...
(This story is similar to the legend of Niamh)A young fisherman married Oto-Hime and went to live in her castle below the waves. They were very happy until he began to miss his family. Oto-Hime gave him a little box that he must carry (and never open) so
16. Wabori tattoo designs are inflicted on Buddhism and Chinese/Japanese mythology. Bishamonten (毘沙門天) may be a god from ancient Indian mythology and is named Kubera in Hinduism. Bishamonten tattoos are said to bring security from Buddhism, good luck, success, wealth, success in business,...
Japanese Yokai can be cute. On the flipside, they can be utterly evil and scary too! Here are 15 deadly Yokai you’d never want to meet, within or outside of Japan.
Mythology in Japan was primarily created to reinforce the direct lineal descendancy of the emperor, and the native religion of Shinto played an important role in this reinforcement. Shinto kami (gods, deities) were closely related to nature and could be found in most anything unusual, be it a...
Shintoist mythology first speaks of five gods called Koto-Amatsu-Kami. The first three are the creators of heaven and earth, and they are Ame-no-minakanushi, who existed immobile at the time of the Creation; Takami-musubi, and Kami-busubi, agents in the Creation. The other two, Umashi...
Takehito Koyasu (子安 武人; born May 5, 1967 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese voice actor. He's known for voicing: Dio Brando in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Zeke Jaeger in Attack on Titan, Admiral Kuzan/Aokiji in One Piece, Gin Dojima
Ashkenazi, Michael. “Handbook of Japanese Mythology.” Published 2003 by ABC CLIO, p. 215. Marishi Santen.By Gabi Greve. Says Gabi: “The warrior Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成 (died 1337) had a small statue of Marishiten in the decoration of his helmet. Other samurai like Yamamoto Kansuke...
(妖; apparition)—alternately spelled hanyou in an attempt to imitate the Japanese long vowel sound—to create a word for her concept of half-yokai characters. Takahashi has created an entire mythology around yokai, with variations depending on if their mother or father was a yokai, and ...