gami

There will also be supernatural creatures --- two distinct, different varieties of vampires with different abilities and weaknesses, one female gaki, and one artifact-spirit (tsukumo-gami) who is a 100 year old Japanese tea-kettle who has become alive and can take the form of a young boy (probably a young Japanese boy, possibly Korean, maybe with odd hair color that matches his tea-kettle form).

Have You Planned Your Nanowrimo Novel Yet? nissa_amas_katoj 2007

There will also be supernatural creatures --- two distinct, different varieties of vampires with different abilities and weaknesses, one female gaki, and one artifact-spirit (tsukumo-gami) who is a 100 year old Japanese tea-kettle who has become alive and can take the form of a young boy (probably a young Japanese boy, possibly Korean, maybe with odd hair color that matches his tea-kettle form).

Archive 2007-10-01 nissa_amas_katoj 2007

Thus it was, that those tribes of the great valley of the Ottawa moved westward along the northern limits of Lake Huron and Lake Michigan and all about Ot-chip-we-ki-tchi-gami (Lake Superior), where many of them remain to this day.

Indian Superstitions and Legends. 1898

The day was drawing to an end when it was announced that the mansion was closed in the certain celestial direction of the Naka-gami

Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan Various 1880

It is only a euphemism for kitsune-mochi; the inu-gami is only the hito-kitsune, which is supposed to make itself visible in various animal forms.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

This is a mistake caused by the literal rendering of a term often used in Shi-mane, especially in Iwami, namely, inu-gami-mochi.

Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The God of the Living in Old Japan was, of course, the Mikado, -- the deity incarnate, Arahito-gami, -- and his palace was the national sanctuary, the Holy of Holies.

Japan: an Attempt at Interpretation Lafcadio Hearn 1877

The gentlemen of honor, the harvest god and the husband, arrive next, each in his own Toshi-gami, the god of harvests arrives at the shrine.mikoshi. looks so real that the enthusiasm of its handlers is somewhat troubling.

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The gentlemen of honor, the harvest god and the husband, arrive next, each in his own Toshi-gami, the god of harvests arrives at the shrine.mikoshi. looks so real that the enthusiasm of its handlers is somewhat troubling.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Bella Bell 2010

The gentlemen of honor, the harvest god and the husband, arrive next, each in his own Toshi-gami, the god of harvests arrives at the shrine.mikoshi. looks so real that the enthusiasm of its handlers is somewhat troubling.

AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Bella Bell 2010