the god of water, who is depicted as a nine-headed dragon. The shrine’s origins are linked to the myth of Amaterasu, the sun goddess. She hid in a cave, causing darkness to fall over the world.

January 1-3 Gantan-sai (New Years) – Shinto. Shinto New Year festival ... Pagan Yule is the time of greatest darkness and the longest night of the year. This time is celebrated as the “return of the ...

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Image: Daikegoro / Pixta When the Shinto deities gather in Izumo, they stay at Izumo Taisha — one of Japan’s most culturally significant shrines and home to Okuninushi, the god of en-musubi. Here, ...

The Japanese imperial family are believed to descend from the first Shinto gods, and with every generation one royal is chosen as the high priest of Ise, with its various shrines, sacred rivers ...

Ageuma Shinji, a Shinto ritual, is held at the shrine on May 4 and 5 every year. Horses carrying young riders in traditional warrior attire rush up the steep slope during the festival. It is ...

Also within in the complex is the Jishu Shrine, a red-lacquered temple dedicated to Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the Shinto god of love. Visitors who can successfully walk between two stones outside of ...

As far as Shinto shrines go (there are about 400 in Kyoto), this one is pretty special. Perched on a wooded hillside in southern Kyoto, Fushimi Inari is a 1,300-year-old temple dedicated to Inari ...

In Greek mythology, Aether was a god of light and the god of the Upper Sky. He had an especially prominent role in Orphic mythology.

SHIMOSUWA, Nagano -- A rare Shinto "porridge ritual" to predict the state of society and harvests for the year was held from the night of Jan. 14 to early next morning, coinciding with the ...

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