Garlic, power against demons,336Gate-Gods,168,282,308Gateway, honorary. See Toriwi.Genealogy,120Generative power personified,186Gender neglected in Japanese Grammar,22Geomancy,344Ghost,14,49,53,171,181,208,210Gideon's fleece,345Gion, ceremonies at,258Godzu Tennō,137,139Gohei,216,264,304,354. See Kushi.Gohei-katsugi,217Good-luck, Gods of,199Goriōye,31,88,141,189Gourd deified,316Gowland, Mr. W.,55,57Grain-Gods. See Ukemochi and Inari.Grain, worship of,160Grass and herbs, God of. See Kaya nu hime.Gratitude a source of religion,5,183,210,268-9,285Great purification. See Ohoharahi.Greater Divination,339Greene, Dr.,375Griffis, Dr.,127,194,198,260,331,359Growth deified,86. See MusubiGruel-Divination,341Guide-Gods,197Gyōgi,361
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Hachiman,178,19,42,325Hachōji (eight princes),97Hades. See Yomi.Hafuri,204. See Oho-hafuriHafuri-tsu-mono,205Haiden (oratory),226Haigi or Hahiki no kami,146,282Hair and nails in witchcraft,332Haiten (deification),41Haku,202Hamayumi,314,335Haniwa (clay rings),57Haniyasu hime,146Harahi (purification), mythic origin,96;also264,303,317,365Harahi-bako,304,343Harahi-tsu-mono,263,203,301-2Harahi-tsu-tachi,306Hare and Ohonamochi,105Harp divination,342Hartland, Mr. S.,50,97Harvest Gods,164Harvest festival. See Nihi-name.Harvest, praying for. See Toshi-gohi.Hashira (pillar),71Hatsu no hinode,128Hayato (Imperial Guards),115Haya-aki-tsu-hime,302Haya-sasura-hime,302Haya-tama no wo,260Hearn, Lafcadio,44,145Heaven. See Ame, Ten, Tien.Heaven-and-Earth,35,370-1Height equivalent to excellence,8Hell, Buddhist,367,181-2Hemp, offerings of,213,264Hereditary offices,183Hettsui. See Kitchen furnace.Hiko and hime,20,38,132Himachi,128Himorogi,223,226,304,260Hirano festival,279Hirata,373,4,22,25,168,235Hirose,321Hiruko,90-1,132Hirume,116,125. See Sun-Goddess.Hito-bashira,219Hito-dama,50Hito-gata, human figures offered to Gods,219Hito-koto-nushi,41Hitomaro,48,183Hobby-horses,222Hōben,360Hogmanay,312Hohodemi,113Hokora,223Holly,313Homer, 215; purification in,295Homusubi,93,159. See Fire-God.Horses as offerings,310,322House-Gods,167,287,290. See Yabune.House-cleaning,313Ho-shidzume,315. See Fire.Huacas of Peru,9Human sacrifice,56,151-2,219-20Hyaku-do-ishi,232Hypnotism,354,349
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Ichiko,206,357Ichi no miya,144Idea of God,6Idols,71-3,22Idzumo,108,105,103Idzumo Fudoki,3Iha-naga-hime,112Ihashimidzu,178. See Hachiman.Ikadzuchi,157,155Iki (breath, life),51Ikigami (living deity),44Iki mitama (living soul),52Ikudama,143Ikukuni,143Iku-wi,154Imagination,18,22,24,21,23,77Imbe,202,112,1,98,184Imi,256,202,246,271,273Imi-bashira,167Imi-dono,205Imitative magic,101,153,330,99Immortality,13-14Impersonal habit of Japanese mind,67Impetuous male,141. See Suma no wo.Implements worshipped,73Impurity. See Uncleanness.In and Yō. See Yin and Yang.Inada hime,138Inao,193Inari,162,6,34,63,67,355Inauspicious words,255Incantations,329,336Incarnation of the God in his prophet or priest,376,70,177Incense,213,292,354Incest,300,64,91Individuals, Gods of,15Individual men deified,36,177Infinite,73Inspiration,348,98. See Oracle.Inugami,332Invocation. See Kami-oroshi.Iron fish-hooks,115Ishi-kori-dome,184Ishigami,341Ise shrines, 229"festival on removal of,287Iyeyasu,183Izanagi and Izanami,86,171,69,96
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Jevons,24,90Jewels as offerings,218Jewel-makers,185,290Jewel-spear of Heaven,87Ji-chin-sai,143Jigoku,54,367Ji-matsuri,143Jimmu Tenno,116,115Jingikwan,200,202,162,184Ji no myōhō,376Jizō,189,191Junshi (self-sacrifice at tomb),59
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Kadomatsu,191Kadori,92,115Kaempfer,36,41Kagami-mochi,313Kagase-wo,71,142Kage-zen,52Kagura,227,238,101,184Kagutsuchi,92,159Kaji-so-sha,48Kamado no Kami. See Kitchen furnace.Kami,7-10Kami-agari,340Kami-dana,217,231,305Kami-gi,165Kami-na-dzuki,145Kami-oroshi,342,217,304,340Kamu-be,207Kamu-image,279Kamu-musubi,173-4Kamu-miso no matsuri,287Kama-naobi,290Kamunoko,206Kamurogi and Kamuromi,173,275,289,296Kaname-ishi,147,260Kangakari,349Kan-name,278Kannushi,204Kappa,153Kasedori,331Kashihade,209Kashikodokoro,291Kashima,92,155,157,370Kasuga no matsuri,317Kataribe,2,273Katashiro,263Kaya nu hime,166Kedzurikake,191-2Kega (wound or uncleanness),253Kidzuki,145King-post,90Kiri-bi (sacred fire),257Kiri-nusa,296Kitano,182Kitsune-tsukahi,344Kitchen furnace, God of,159,16-17,73,146,272,280,322,329. See Haniyasu.Kiu (festival for rain),286Kiujiki,3Kneeling,209Kōbōdaishi,361Kodama (echo),9,67Kogoshiui,3Kojiki,2,84Kojikiden,373Komagata,222,67Kompira,230Konohana Sakuyahime,112Ko-nusa,343Korea,1,102,156,305Koto-shiro-nushi,185,111Kowameshi,194Koyane,183,20,46,100-01,201,317,339Kteis,186,194,197,334Kugedachi,348Kuhabara,337Kuji. See Lots.Kukunochi,166-7,290. See Tree-God.Kumaso,64Kunado,187,189,33,40,94,110,306,341. See Phallic deities.Kunari no kami,144Kunidama,143-4Kunitokotachi,175,85,68,362,375Kusanagi (name of sword),104Kushi,216,297Kushi-iha-mado,168,308Kushinada hime,103Kuyebiko,71
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Lang, Mr. A.,61,108Language, myth arising from perversion of,132Laotze,38,361Laughing festival,6Law,242-3,245Leanness unclean,253Learning, God of. See Temmangu.Leech-child. See Hiruko.Left and right, precedence of,129Legend and myth,116Lemuria,309Leprosy,252,300,332Lite, God of,174. See Breath.Light and darkness myth,101Literal-minds,18,24,50-51,80-81Liturgy,100. See Norito.Live bow,107Lloyd, Rev. A.,375Lots,343Lowell, Mr. P.,24,354Luck,309. See Tsuina.Luck, Gods of,95Luck-wishing,287Lupercalia,190Lustration,96,259,294-5Lying stigmatized,242M
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