Shinto
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The Faith of Japanen-us2016-09-14T19:21:50+09:00Face of the Deep: She's not there
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Inspired by the beginning of the Record of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) too. Embracing as I do a fictional friend with whom I stir conjealed brine with my lance. Utilizing Oil Slick by Andrew. Each standing in the others light....Philosophytimtak2016-09-14T19:21:50+09:00The God of Hell and the People of the Sun
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According to Chamorran native legends of Guam, Fouha Rock, pictured above, was the first place created in the world. Being an oral culture without a cannon, there are various versions of the myth. One version has it that the...Mythtimtak2016-09-14T19:20:52+09:00Japanese Keyhole Shaped Ancient Tombs
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Japan has some of the biggest tombs in the ancient world to rival and in area surpass the pyramids of Gaza and the mausoleum of the first Qin emperor of China, the largest being about 500 meters long 300...Ancienttimtak2016-09-14T19:20:00+09:00Magatama Curved Jewels as (Inner) Ears
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Children and adults can make curved jewels at the Yoshinogari museum of ancient Japanese culture in Saga (吉野ヶ里歴史公園) for about 2USD a jewel. My children enjoyed making one each this weekend. Curved jewels (magatama) are one of the few...Philosophytimtak2016-09-14T19:18:23+09:00Totem badges Old and New
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Top row: Shinto shrine amulets (omamori) Bottom row: Kamen Rider OOO medals, Kamen Rider W Gaia Memories Please see also an even longer history of totem badges from Australian bull roarers, through shrine amulets, seals (mitokoumon's inro) to the seal...How totimtak2013-05-16T06:28:06+09:00What are the Kami not? Beyond the logodome
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I am really confused about the Kami. Also, alas I have not even been going to Shrines much lately. But here I will describe Shinto as a sort of Nacalian philosophy, a sort of reversal of world as described...Philosophytimtak2012-06-21T01:31:23+09:00Unlit Lamps Remind us they are never Extinguished
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Unlit Lamps Remind us they are never Extinguished, a photo by timtak on Flickr.In front of many Shinto shrines there are many stone lanterns. They have the shape of lanterns. They have windows in them representing the sun and the...Philosophytimtak2012-05-22T15:43:45+09:00 "Chinkon" and Inhaling the Earth
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Chinkon literally means something like "sinking the soul" or "putting the soul down into the body", or perhaps again "pacifying the soul (so that it does not fly off somewhere?)" In Shinto, as in many other religions, the soul of...Philosophytimtak2012-05-17T11:52:26+09:00Shinto Symbols as Totemism/Bricolage
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Shinto shrines are covered in pieces of paper, often zigzag strips of paper. They hang from the rice straw ropes (shimenawa 注連縄) that mark a sacred site. They are attached to the sacred branches that people give as an...Philosophytimtak2012-04-10T02:20:48+09:00Earthquakes in Japanese Religion
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Earthquakes in Japanese Religion a photo by timtak on Flickr. Earthquakes - more horrifying than lightening and typhoons - were thought to be caused by the movements of giant catfish. While Typhoons and Lightening have patron gods (Fuujin and Raijin...Generaltimtak2011-03-14T18:45:07+09:00Ernst Mach's Self Portrait may be of Amaterasu's Mirror
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Ernst Mach's Self Portrait may be of Amaterasu's Mirror a photo by timtak on Flickr. At last a realistic self portrait! At last the nose, the nose! Not forgetting the eye sockets, and moustache. This is the first auto-genus...Philosophytimtak2011-03-11T16:29:52+09:00Venus in Dogu - A self-body view?
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Venus in Dogナォ - A self-body view? a photo by timtak on Flickr. Proffessor LeRoy McDermott argues that paleolithic female figures (the paleolithic venus shape) was strangely distorted, with extremities particularly small NOT because they have been made to look...Ancienttimtak2011-03-11T13:20:30+09:00Amotsuki, the old word for Mochi-Tsuki or Rice Cake Making
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Gendertimtak2011-03-10T12:05:41+09:00Susano-O the Trickster
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The Myth of Susano and Amaterasu contines: "How can I trust you?" asked the goddess Amaterasu. To this, Susano-O replies, "How about if, to divine my intentions, we exchange oaths and make children" Amaterasu says "okay." First she takes...Mythtimtak2011-03-10T11:52:43+09:00Amaterasu and Susano as Echo and Narcissus in a Textual Mirror
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Amaterasu and Susano as Echo and Narcissus in a Textual Mirror a photo by timtak on Flickr. The part of the myth that I will comment on this time is the following. Susano-o meets Amaterasu by the Well of True...Mythtimtak2011-03-06T20:46:42+09:00