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    In Japanese mythology, the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes. The creature lives under the islands of Japan...
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    Kashima shrines). In the namazu-e or catfish prints of the Edo period, Takemikazuchi/Kashima is depicted attempting to subdue the Namazu, a giant catfish supposedly...
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    Takemikazuchi lets his guard fall, Namazu thrashes about and agitates the stone, causing violent earthquakes In the namazu-e or catfish prints of the Edo...
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    and a dog (the monkey god and the dog god are the two gods who control Namazu in Japanese folklore). Chữ Hán can be found throughout the bridge and temple...
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    catfish called Namazu. There are other kami associated with earthquakes. In Kyoto it's usually an eel, but after the 1855 Edo earthquake Namazu-e (鯰絵, "catfish...
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    the correct term would be jishin uo (地震魚, lit. 'earthquake fish'); cf. Namazu-e or 'catfish pictures'. Japanese folklorist Taryō Ōbayashi [ja] has explained...
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    background to the right. The man is apparently attempting to catch a catfish (namazu) that is swimming past. The work was inspired by a riddle set by Ashikaga...
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  • A young Kintarō battling Namazu, in a print by Yoshitoshi...
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    when it is jostled, such as by the catfish Namazu which dwells near it. Takemikazuchi is said to restrain Namazu, but he occasionally lets his guard down...
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  • of JaJaMaru, who sets out to rescue Princess Sakura from the pirate lord Namazu Dayuu, or "Catfish Pirate". JaJaMaru can run, jump, and throw shurikens...
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    upon people as revenge. In Japanese mythology, Namazu (鯰) is a giant catfish who causes earthquakes. Namazu lives in the mud beneath the earth and is guarded...
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  • mod. Ja. tr. p.244 Ouwehand, Cornelis; Logunova, Vera Vasil'evna (1964). Namazu-e and Their Themes: An Interpretative Approach to Some Aspects of Japanese...
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    Namazun (ナマズン) (0340)   Water / Ground Barboach (#339) — It is based on the Namazu. It can predict earthquakes, or cause them with its caudal fin. It can sense...
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  • "Heaven's Gate" (2011) "Sable Leathery Wings" (2011) Avalon Vales (2013) Namazu Running OST (2016) Palimpsest (2020) Salesforce (2023) Locked into Phantasy...
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  • of its tail that eats children who get too close to open wells. Isonade Namazu Ningyo Kun Salmon of Wisdom Shachihoko (Japanese) – a creature with the...
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  • 3:23 6. "Koo Koo" 1:53 7. "Audition Day" 3:55 8. "I Found You" 3:27 9. "Release Me" 4:38 10. "Namazu" 3:05 11. "Alive/Awake" 3:42 12. "Deep-Sea" 3:32...
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  • women. Watuwe the Mystic Crocodile Japan lacks a major flood myth. The namazu is considered a creature that brings earthquakes, which in turn bring tsunamis...
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    an earthquake is imminent. In Japanese mythology, a giant catfish named Namazu causes earthquakes as he moves below the Earth's surface. Froese, Rainer;...
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    weeks. Most of the prints depicted giant catfish, a type of image known as Namazu-e. The significance being that earthquakes at the time were popularly attributed...
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  • Mad Dog Games Unreleased May 9, 2017 May 9, 2017 Nebulous Puzzle Namazu Studios Namazu Studios Unreleased Nov 15, 2016 Nov 15, 2016 Necromunda: Hired Gun...
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    Siberia 1991 · WGPSN Kikimora Macula Kikimora, Slavic 1991 · WGPSN Namazu Macula Namazu, Japanese 1991 · WGPSN Rem Macula Rem, Egyptian 1991 · WGPSN Viviane...
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  • Miyamoto Usagi and the mystic Kakera against Usagi's sinister enemy Jei und Namazu. The issue was published in July 2017. It was followed by Teenage Mutant...
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    Namahage (Japanese) – Ritual disciplinary demon from the Oga Peninsula Namazu (Japanese) – Giant catfish whose thrashing causing earthquakes Nando-baba...
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    earthquakes were blamed on a giant catfish (Namazu) thrashing about.[by whom?] Ukiyo-e prints depicting namazu became very popular around this time. 1854...
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    were blamed by many Japanese on a giant catfish (Namazu) thrashing about, Ukiyo-e prints depicting namazu became very popular during this time. The wreckage...
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  • Business School". In 1948 the school was renamed "Shizuoko Prefectural Namazu Agricultural High School Sano Pasture", and finally in 1953 the school "Shizuoka...
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    blamed the earthquakes and tsunamis on a wallowing giant catfish named Namazu thrashing about. The name of the Japanese era was changed to bring good...
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  • subject Musha-e (武者絵); warrior print Namazu-e (鯰絵); prints depicting the Japanese mythological giant catfish, the Namazu (鯰) Nikuhitsu-ga (肉筆画); a painting...
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    Earthquake Early Warning logo used by the Japan Meteorological Agency is a Namazu (鯰). Many earthquake-preparedness activities in Japan use the catfish as...
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  • million psi. A. Takakura; K. Beppu; T. Nishihara; A. Fukui; T. Kozeki; T. Namazu; Y. Miyauchi; K. Itami (10 July 2019). "Strength of carbon nanotubes depends...
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