Mount Miwa (三輪山, Miwa-yama) or Mount Mimoro (三諸山, Mimoro-yama) is a mountain located in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, Japan. It has been an important...

Ohomononushi) is a kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa (also known as Mount Mimoro) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. He is closely linked in...

on Mount Miwa, and Ōmiwa Shrine was the major institution for this branch of worship. The style of Shinto surrounding Miwa became later known as Miwa Shinto...

with initiating the worship of Ōmononushi (equated with the deity of Mount Miwa), and expanding his empire by sending generals to four regions of Japan...

abundantly in the area around Mount Miwa, where the Ōmiwa Shrine is located, and because the sugi trees of Mount Miwa are considered sacred. Originally...

The Miwa clan (大神氏, Miwa-uji) is a Japanese shake and samurai family who have served the Miwa Shrine for generations. The ancestor of the Miwa family is...

which revealed the plague to have been caused by Ōmononushi, the god of Mount Miwa. When the god was offered proper worship as per his demands, the epidemic...

Buzen Province, Mount Miwa is the inner shrine of Usa Jingū, Ōmiwa Shrine, and Mount Ōmine is said to have been founded by En no Gyōja. Mount Sobo, located...

either mountains or forests. Nachi Falls is considered a kannabi, as is Mount Miwa. They may be host to shinboku (sacred trees), or Iwakura rocks They may...

Imperial Regalia of Japan), Mount Miwa, Mount Nantai, the Nachi Falls, and the Meoto Iwa rocks. Many mountains like Mount Miwa or the Three Mountains of...

Makimuku ruins The Makimuku ruins are ruins in Nara Prefecture Sakurai near Mount Miwa. Recovered artifacts are of the Yayoi Period and Kofun Period. It is designated...

love affair between Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso and the kami of sacred Mount Miwa, which ended with the princess stabbing herself to death with a chopstick...

Her house was located on the Sai River and near Sai-jinja Shrine, near Mount Miwa. According to the Nihon Shoki and other sources, Iwarehiko (later Emperor...

now a right-wing "personality". After lunch, Honda climbs the sugi-clad Mount Miwa and afterwards descends to Sanko Falls to bathe. Some of the kendoists...

objects because it is believed to serve the mountain on which it stands (Mount Miwa). For the same reason, it has a haiden (拝殿, worship hall), but no honden...

love affair between Princess Yamato Totohi Momoso and the kami of sacred Mount Miwa, which ended with the princess stabbing herself to death with a chopstick...

of Japan (above) Yamato in the southeastern Nara Basin at the foot of Mount Miwa (i.e., the Isojigun, Juichi-gun, and Yamato-kuzo in the Yamato Province)...

Miwa is both a Japanese given name and a surname. Miwa may also refer to: Miwa, Aichi (美和町), Japan Miwa, Fukuoka (三輪町), Japan Miwa, Hiroshima (三和町), Japan...

the god of Mount Hiei. Shirayama-hime (白山比咩神), the goddess of Mount Hakusan. Omonoimi no Kami (大物忌神) of Mount Chōkai. Ōmononushi of Mount Miwa. Some of...

1,608 Hokkaidō Mount Iwakura 488 1,601 Hyōgo Mount Nakayama 478 1,568 Hyōgo Mount Miwa 467 1,532 Nara Mount Yae 453 1,486 Okinawa Mount Katsuragi (Izunokuni)...

other pests. A major serpent deity in Japanese mythology is the god of Mount Miwa, i.e. Ōmononushi, and the shrine dedicated to it (Ōmiwa Jinja) is active...

famous shrines. A mountain believed to house a kami, as for example Mount Fuji or Mount Miwa, is called a shintai-zan (神体山). In the case of a man-made shintai...

is Oho-mono-nushi no Kami." While imperial worship of this god (from Mount Miwa) was "without effect", Yamato-totohi-momoso later married him. After this...

Kuraokami Jinja (闇龗神社) in Ichikai, Tochigi Takaokami Jinja (高龗神社) on Mount Miwa Takaokami Jinja (多加意加美神社) in Shōbara, Hiroshima Kunitsu Okami Jinja (國津意加美神社)...

of Munakata Taisha, belief in mountains such as Rokko Himei Shrine and Mount Miwa, belief in fire, waterfalls, and various weather phenomena such as wind...

Railway Company Sakurai Line (Man-yō Mahoroba Line): Makimuku Station - Miwa Station - Sakurai Station Kintetsu Railway Osaka Line: Daifuku Station -...

(御真木入日子印恵命), or Emperor Sujin (崇神天皇) The emperor's son and queen The god of Mount Miwa (三輪山) or Mimoro (三諸山), Ōmononushi (大物主神) The rebellion of Takehaniyasu...

Makimuku area's rulers and people respected Mount Miwa deeply. Buildings at the Makimuku site also face Mount Miwa on purpose. This shows their religious link...

Prior to this, the Yamato leaders identified with kami worshipped at Mount Miwa, but may have turned to Isonokami for its martial implications. Myths...

because the enshrined deity, Himetataraisuzuhime-no-Mikoto, lived on Mount Miwa when she was young. There is a legend that on the bank of the Saigawa...