Mabuchi,373Mayeza. See Medium.Magic,327,99,144,187,196,255,300,357Maine, Sir H.,24Majinahi. See Magic.Make-believe,12,223Male who invites,171Mamori. See Charms.Maneki-neko,48Man-deities,36,CHAPTER VIII.Manyōshiu, a collection of ancient poetry,9,17Mari no Kami,199Marriage,66,90-1,137,140,248-9. See Nuptial hut, Wedlock.Masaya a katsu,97Massha,227Material souls,50-52Materialized feelings,332-3Materials for study of Shinto,1-4Medicine,144,327Medicine men,203Medium,354-6. See Ichiko, Miko.Menstruation,251,340Meredith, Mr. Geo.,80Metal, God of,92Metamorphosis,49,64Metaphor,16-18,38,76Michiahe,306,187-8Michi no Omi,119Midzuchi,150Mikado deified,9,38"divine right of,82,293"prayer to,235,324"as high priest,201,292Mikado matsuri,308Mikage,51Miko,206,101,357Mikoshi,222,225Mikoto,20,85Mimi,30Minagata,43,177Mioya,19Miraculous births,97Mirror,218,31,72,134,291Mirror-makers,184Misasagi,42-3Misogi,260,271,298Mitama (spirit),26-31,8-9,49,188,197,293-4Mitama furishiki,292"shidzumura no matsuri,292"shiro,32. See Shintai.Mitegura (offerings),158,211Mitoshi no Kami,196,253Miwa,145. See Ohonamochi.Miya,200,223. See Shrine.Miyakko,205-06Modern Shinto,376Mono-imi,206,318,340Monotheism,66,68-70,125,170-1,349Moon-God,65,95,102,138. See Tsukiyomi, Tsuki-machi.Moral code,241,129,367,374Mortuary house,109Mosaic law,122,215,248,251-2,302Motion and sensation,11Motoöri,373,4,21,24-5Mountain-Gods,147,92,284,289Mourning. See Funeral.Muir, Dr. J.,94Müller, Max,16,25Multiplication of Gods,67Mushroom,189,312Music,56,93,238,270,273,292,321Musubi,172,20-21,35,69,102,275Mystery,31-32Myth,75,17,2,16"and legend,116"and ritual,83Mythical narrative,84
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Nademono,220Naishidokoro,291,43,135Nakatomi,201,1,21,46,112,183Nakatsutsu no wo,20-22. See Sea-Gods.Nakatsu-wata-dzumi,148. See Sea-Gods.Nakaza,354Nakisahame,92,199Nanakusa,277,344Naru Kami,9. See Thunder.Nature deities,121Nature-Gods and Man-Gods,15Need-fire,259Needles worshipped,73Negi (priest),205Ne no kuni (root-country). See Yomi.Nether Land,104. See Yomi.New Year in modern Japan,312Nichirin (the sun),127Nigi-hayahi,120,128Nigi-tama,31,33,140,145,275Nihabi,99,101,277Nihiname (festival of first-fruits),277,109,119,124,161,268-9Nihongi,2,84,169Ninigi,108,111-2,116,185No dance,238Nomi no Sukune,48,57,183Norito, chap. xii.passim,3,42,98-99,126,232,235,270,274,322North the honourable quarter,56North star,142Number neglected in Japanese grammar,16,21,121,168-9Number of Gods,66,98Numerals, magical use of,99,336Nuptial hut,90,104,137,248Nusa,216,218,318. See Offerings, Kirinusa, Ohonusa.Nusa-bukuro,197Nushi,20
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Oaths,236Obeisance,209,284,320'Occult Japan,'354Offences,297Offerings,210,98,193,280"deified,119,161,212"to dead,60,211"consumed by worshippers,321.See Communion.Offerings, symbolical,211,276Oharahi,305Oho-hafuri,205,177Oho-harahi,294,4,242,245-6,270Oho-harahi offerings,301Oho-kuni-dama. See Ohonamochi.Oho-kuni-nushi. See Ohonamochi.Oho-miya no me,184,287,290Oho-mono-nushi,111Oho-naobi,290Ohonamochi,144,105,110,27-30,46,69,200,274Oho-nihe,268,364Oho-nusa,213Oho-sora,96Oho-toko-nushi,144,196,253. See Ohonamochi.Oho-tono hogahi,287Oho-toshi,105Ōjin deified,178. See Hachiman.Omens,119,126,325,345Omnipresence of Deity,27Omohi-kane,199,98Oni (demon),198Oni-yarahi,189. See Tsuina.Onogorojima,89Onyōshi,365Oracles,367,178,350,361. See Inspiration.Ordeal,347O tento sama (sun),127,175
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P'anku, myth of,129Pantheon,121Pairs of deities,86Parturition house,113,112,114,251,345Patron deity,326Peach,189,9,93,308Penitence,260Perseus and Andromeda,103-105,50,151Personality of deities,22Personification,5Personal pronouns rare in Japanese,23Pestilence deities,187Pestle, a male symbol,189Pfleiderer, Dr., Preface,11,76,84Phallicism,186,72,363. See Bean, Chiburi no kami, Chimata do kami, Dōsōjin, Goriōye, Ishigami, Kunado, Kteis, Kedzurikake, Mushroom, Peach, Pestle, Rice, Sahe no kami, Sarutahiko, Shingi, Tamaboko, Tamuke no kami, Tsuji-ura, Yachimata hiko, Yakushin, Wo-bashira. Pheasant as messenger of Gods,108Pictures of Gods,71Piebald colt of Heaven,97-98Pilgrimage,239Pillar of Heaven,95,154"of House,89-90Pious fraud,360Plain of High Heaven,98,107,134Poverty, Gods of. See Hitomaro, Sotoöri hime.Polar star,85Polytheism,66Positive and negative. See Yin and Yang.Possession,340,357Potsticks, striking women with, to produce pregnancy,190Posthumous honours,53Poverty, God of,199Pradakchina. See Circumambulation.Praise,234,306Prayer,232,162. See Norito.Prehistoric Shinto,1Priesthood,200Priestess,205Primitive man,77,12,18,26,80,345Primitive religion,13,26,121,160,166,211Primitive religion, Shinto not a, PrefacePrivy, God of,167,289,314Processions,240,317Procreative power deified. See Phallicism.Prophet,348,350Propitiation of evil deities,305,315Prophylactic magic,187Providential character of nature Gods,65,125,156,162Properties, Gods of,15Profanity,237Pseudo-ancestor worship,46Pure Shinto,4,372Purification,189Purity,247,343"of heart,264,368,369,371"of language,271,255
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