Literally
121Ji-nushi-gami — Literally landlord kami . The deity associated with an area of land. Similar to tochigami, ta no kami, jigami …
122Kojin or Kojin-sama — Literally rough god , though he has also a nigi mitama nature (see Tama), manifested in healing. His Buddhist name is sambo kojin ( kojin of the three treasures ) and according to tradition he was first worshipped by the founder of Shugendo,… …
123Ryobu shugo shinto — Literally Two sided compromise Shinto = Ryobu Shinto …
124Shinmei — Literally sacred brightness . A term used for kami or deities in general and for Amaterasu omikami enshrined at the Ise Jingu and its branch shinmei sha shrines. See also Shinmei zukuri …
125Tensho kotai jingu-kyo — Literally The religion of the grand shrine of Amaterasu (Amaterasu can also be read tensho). A new religious movement founded by Kitamura, Sayo (1900 1967) in 1945. Kitamura endured marriage as the sixth bride of a weak man who on the orders… …
126Ujiko — Literally child of the clan . It traditionally denoted only elite or long standing members of a village or community with responsibility for shrine affairs but in the Meiji period following the disestablishment of the Buddhist temple… …
127Waka-miya — Literally newly built shrine , young shrine . It generally means a shrine dedicated to the divided spirit (bunrei) of a kami. Wakamiya shrines may be established to console the bunrei of a deity enshrined in a main shrine, to revere the… …
128CELSCLAN — Literally the “son of Cel,” an earth giant who appears on at least one Etruscan mirror …
