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780: 225: 353:(heavenly deities). Although there is some other Daimyōjin and Daigongen, most of them appeared later in the History of Japanese Religion, such as Hachiman (deification of Empress Jingu, Emperor Ojin and maybe Takeuchi no Sukune, as a successful head of state) or Hindu deities, the meaning of Daimyōjin appear to be a little different from Ōkami, the latter being obviously more ancient. 253:"a male child of noble blood, a prince." Thus, Sarutahiko Ōkami's embellished name could be roughly translated into English as "Great God, Prince Saruta." Many variant pronunciations of his name exist, including Sarudabiko and Sadahiko. Although it is usually not written, the Japanese genitive case marker, 324:(also known as Yomido ni sayarimasu ōkami (?) who is the kami of the great rock used by Izanagi to obstruct the way to Yomi, and thus, preventing emergence of evil spirits from the Underworld), 169:, the kami of dance and the arts, whom he later marries. Even Sarutahiko was regarded as the "god who illuminates the sky and the earth" in Ise, and was worshiped by local believers as the 280:
means "monkey", his features "include red buttocks, which are a prominent characteristic of Japanese macaques", and as macaques gather shellfish at low tide, the
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says his hand got caught in a shell while fishing and "a monkey with one hand caught in a shell is a frequent theme of Japanese folktales".
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as a kind of god of the cosmic life: the god of Aiki. According to O-Senseï, the practice of
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that suggest the meaning "monkey-field" as a sort of double entendre, followed by the
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The Monkey as Mirror: Symbolic Transformations in Japanese History and Ritual
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The name of this deity appears incorrectly spelled as "Sarundasico" in
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at Azaka, thus he drowned. But strangely, Sarutahiko was considered by
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Sarutahiko Ōkami; taken from a late-19th-century Japanese painting.
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Sarutahiko's name consists of an etymologically obscure element,
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He, Ame-no-Uzume and their children subsequently created the
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purification itself ("and thus, like Sarutahiko standing of
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Sarutahiko has the distinction of being one of only seven
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Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04).
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(2010-12-28). 24: 56:; he is the leader of the earthly 25: 891: 66:also mentions him with the title 778: 173:(personification of sun) before 821:Tsubaki Grand Shrine of America 694: 681: 648: 631:Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities 454:. A History . . of Japan . 日本歴史 428:. Scarecrow Press. p. 76. 425:Historical Dictionary of Shinto 687:Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko (1987), 659:Handbook of Japanese Mythology 580:. Greenwood Publishing Group. 540: 528:. Tsubaki Grand Shrine America 518: 493: 466: 442: 415: 13: 1: 574:Picken, Stuart D. B. (2004). 479:. Destiny Books. p. 18. 408: 298:to be honored with the title 232: 7: 655:Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). 374: 83: 68: 10: 896: 153:, he is the one who meets 147:in Mie Prefecture. In the 29: 829: 808: 787: 776: 757: 604:Japanese Mythology A to Z 550:Japanese Mythology A to Z 473:Gleason, William (1995). 308: 90: 75: 45: 601:Roberts, Jeremy (2009). 547:Roberts, Jeremy (2009). 289: 607:. Infobase Publishing. 553:. Infobase Publishing. 704:. 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Index

Saruta-hiko
10768 Sarutahiko
Japanese
Japanese religion
Shinto
kami
Norito
kunitsukami
Jinnō Shōtōki
Otanomikoto
Misogi
martial arts
aikido
Tsubaki Grand Shrine
Mie Prefecture
Ise, Mie
Ōasahiko Shrine
Tokushima Prefecture
Sarutahiko Shrine
Nihon Shoki
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Amaterasu
Takama-ga-hara
Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto
Amaterasu
Sarume clan
ja
Kagura
Noh
Isuzu river

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