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48 relations: Ōyamatsumi, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Blue Exorcist, Chinese language, Emperor Jimmu, Emperor Keikō, Etymology, Hoderi, Hoori, Human sacrifice, Izanagi, Izanami, Japanese dragon, Japanese mythology, Japanese writing system, Kagu-tsuchi, Kami, Kamiumi, Kanji, Katakana, Kazusa Province, Kojiki, Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū, Kuniumi, Kuraokami, List of water deities, Man'yōgana, Metaphor, Nihon Shoki, Old Japanese, Possessive, Prithee, Proto-Austronesian language, Ryūgū-jō, Ryūjin, Sagami Province, Shinto shrine, Sino-Japanese vocabulary, Sumiyoshi taisha, Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Synecdoche, Tarumi-ku, Kobe, Toyotama-hime, Tutelary deity, Underworld, Wani (dragon), William George Aston, Yomi.
Ōyamatsumi
Ōyamatsumi in Japanese mythology is an elder brother of Amaterasu, and an important god who rules mountain, sea, and war.
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Basil Hall Chamberlain
Basil Hall Chamberlain (18 October 1850 – 15 February 1935) was a professor of Japanese at Tokyo Imperial University and one of the foremost British Japanologists active in Japan during the late 19th century.
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Blue Exorcist
is a Japanese supernatural action manga series written and illustrated by Kazue Katō.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of related, but in many cases mutually unintelligible, language varieties, forming a branch of the Sino-Tibetan language family.
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Emperor Jimmu
was the first Emperor of Japan, according to legend.
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Emperor Keikō
was, according to legend, the 12th emperor of Japan.
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Etymology
EtymologyThe New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time".
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Hoderi
, in Japanese mythology and folklore, was a deity of the bounty of the sea and enchanted fisherman.
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Hoori
, also known as Hikohohodemi no Mikoto, was, in Japanese religion, the third and youngest son of the kami Ninigi-no-Mikoto and the blossom princess Konohanasakuya-hime.
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Human sacrifice
Human sacrifice is the act of killing one or more humans, usually as an offering to a deity, as part of a ritual.
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Izanagi
is a deity born of the seven divine generations in Japanese mythology and Shinto, and his name in the Kojiki is roughly translated to as "he-who-invites" or Izanagi-no-mikoto.
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Izanami
In Japanese mythology, Izanami no mikoto (伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning "she who invites") is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi-no-mikoto.
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Japanese dragon
Japanese dragons (日本の竜 Nihon no ryū) are diverse legendary creatures in Japanese mythology and folklore.
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Japanese mythology
Japanese mythology embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculturally-based folk religion.
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Japanese writing system
The modern Japanese writing system uses a combination of logographic kanji, which are adopted Chinese characters, and syllabic kana.
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Kagu-tsuchi
, referred to as in the Kojiki, and or in the Nihon-Shoki, is the kami of fire in Japanese mythology.
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Kami
are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto.
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Kamiumi
In Japanese mythology, the story of the occurs after the creation of Japan (Kuniumi) and refers to the birth of the kami, descendants of Izanagi and Izanami.
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Kanji
Kanji (漢字) are the adopted logographic Chinese characters that are used in the Japanese writing system.
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Katakana
is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji, and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji).
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Kazusa Province
was a province of Japan in the area of modern Chiba Prefecture.
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Kojiki
, also sometimes read as Furukotofumi, is the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711–712) and composed by Ō no Yasumaro at the request of Empress Genmei with the purpose of sanctifying the imperial court's claims to supremacy over rival clans.
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Kokuraminami-ku, Kitakyūshū
is a ward of Kitakyūshū, Fukuoka, Japan.
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Kuniumi
In Japanese mythology, the is the traditional and legendary history of the emergence of the Japanese archipelago, of islands, as narrated in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
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Kuraokami
,, or is a legendary Japanese dragon and Shinto deity of rain and snow.
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List of water deities
A water deity is a deity in mythology associated with water or various bodies of water.
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Man'yōgana
is an ancient writing system that employs Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language, and was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically.
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Metaphor
A metaphor is a figure of speech that directly refers to one thing by mentioning another for rhetorical effect.
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Nihon Shoki
The, sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history.
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Old Japanese
is the oldest attested stage of the Japanese language.
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Possessive
A possessive form (abbreviated) is a word or grammatical construction used to indicate a relationship of possession in a broad sense.
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Prithee
Prithee is an archaic English interjection formed from a corruption of the phrase pray thee (ask you), which was initially an exclamation of contempt used to indicate a subject's triviality.
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Proto-Austronesian language
The Proto-Austronesian language (PAN) is the reconstructed ancestor of the Austronesian languages, one of the world's major language families.
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Ryūgū-jō
In Japanese folklore, is the undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon kami of the sea.
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Ryūjin
, which in some traditions is equivalent to Ōwatatsumi, was the tutelary deity of the sea in Japanese mythology.
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Sagami Province
was a province of Japan located in what is today the central and western Kanagawa Prefecture.
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Shinto shrine
A is a structure whose main purpose is to house ("enshrine") one or more kami.
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Sino-Japanese vocabulary
Sino-Japanese vocabulary or refers to that portion of the Japanese vocabulary that originated in Chinese or has been created from elements borrowed from Chinese.
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Sumiyoshi taisha
, also known as Sumiyoshi Grand Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in Sumiyoshi ward in the city of Osaka, Japan.
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Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka
is one of 24 wards of Osaka, Japan.
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Synecdoche
A synecdoche (from Greek συνεκδοχή, synekdoche,. "simultaneous understanding") is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something or vice versa.
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Tarumi-ku, Kobe
is one of nine wards of Kobe City in Japan.
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Toyotama-hime
(Japanese for "Lady Bountiful Soul") or Luxuriant-Jewel-Princess is a goddess in Japanese mythology in the episode of the "Luck of the Sea and the Luck of the Mountain" in the Kojiki as well as Nihon Shoki.
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Tutelary deity
A tutelary (also tutelar) is a deity or spirit who is a guardian, patron, or protector of a particular place, geographic feature, person, lineage, nation, culture, or occupation.
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Underworld
The underworld is the world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living.
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Wani (dragon)
was a dragon or sea monster in Japanese mythology.
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William George Aston
William George Aston CMG (9 April 1841 – 22 November 1911) was a British diplomat, author and scholar-expert in the language and history of Japan and Korea.
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Yomi
is the Japanese word for the land of the dead (World of Darkness).
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watatsumi
