Shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄, lit. 'enclosing rope') are lengths of laid rice straw or hemp rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. Shimenawa...
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"Aposiopesis" (Akira Rabelais) – 5:16 "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36 "Shimenawa" – 2:48 "Vessel Shimenawa" – 1:54 "Repose" (Valgeir Sigurðsson);- 8:49 "Storm" (Björk...
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They are joined by a shimenawa (a heavy rope of rice straw) and are considered sacred by worshippers of the shrine. The shimenawa, composed of five separate...
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Shide (紙垂, 四手) are zigzag-shaped paper streamers, often seen attached to shimenawa or tamagushi to demarcate holy spaces, and used in Shinto rituals in Japan...
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spirits or kami reside. They are often distinctly visible due to the shimenawa wrapped around them. The related term goshingi refers to trees that are...
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Shinboku can be easily identified by the straw or hemp rope called a shimenawa which is typically wrapped around the tree; the rope acts as both a sign...
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several colors, and are often attached as decorations to straw ropes (shimenawa) used to mark sacred precincts. The shrine priest or attendants (miko)...
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the waist. The rope is similar to the shimenawa used to mark off sacred areas in Shinto, and like the shimenawa it serves to purify and mark off its content...
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yorishiro actually houses a kami, it is called a shintai. Ropes called shimenawa decorated with paper streamers called shide often surround yorishiro to...
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occupants or their profession. They can be decorated with miniature torii and shimenawa and include amulets obtained from public shrines. They often contain a...
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Futodama used a shimenawa to prevent her from going back to the cave again. This story is said to be the mythical origin of shimenawa. In Kogo shūi, Futodama...
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Prince Arisugawa above the altar. The Kagura-den features the largest shimenawa (sacred straw rope) in Japan; it is 13.5 meters long and weighs around...
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kodama is thought to bring misfortune and such trees are often marked with shimenawa rope. Anito Balete tree Tree spirits 草野巧 (1997). 幻想動物事典. 新紀元社. p. 138...
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Stones (with shimenawa) representing dōsojin found near Karuizawa, Nagano...
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oldest types of torii, it consists of two posts with a sacred rope called shimenawa tied between them. All other torii can be divided in two families, the...
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in the swamp offering. They arrive at three trees tied together with Shimenawa and toss their items into the swamp. The wife sees her mother-in-law fling...
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Though it was not a traditional shimenawa, Masahiko Nomi conjectured that it may have been related to the shimenawa.[citation needed] Maruyama died in...
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the corners without architecture. These in turn support sacred ropes (shimenawa) decorated with streamers called shide. A branch of sakaki or some other...
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934 during the Heian period (794–1185). The diary describes a Shinto shimenawa (sacred rope) that was hung on the gate of a house during the New Year's...
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to budge so that she could no longer retreat. Another god tied a magic shimenawa (compare the Nuristani myth of a chaff attaching itself to the thread...
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sakaki at the four corners, between which are strung sacred border ropes (shimenawa). In the center of the area a large branch of sakaki festooned with sacred...
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knotting Chinese button knot Frog (fastening) Macramé Mizuhiki Obijime Shimenawa Hojōjutsu Shūgi-bukuro Spool knitting Kinoshita, Masako (1986). "A Braiding...
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original great yorishiro: a big tree, surrounded by a sacred rope called shimenawa (標縄・注連縄・七五三縄). The first buildings at places dedicated to worship were...
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the New Year's god. Japanese clean their homes and prepare Kadomatsu or Shimenawa to welcome the god before New Year's Eve. Buddhist temples ring their...
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大麻) Otegine (Japanese: 御手杵) Shide (Japanese: 紙垂) Shintai (Japanese: 神体) Shimenawa (Japanese: 注連縄) Suzu (Japanese: 鈴) Tide jewels Three Sacred Treasures...
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stretching a Shimenawa (注連縄) to Iyo Futami. Every May at the Hōjō Kashima Spring Festival, the Minamoto victory is commemorated with a shimenawa replacement...
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pyramid, is a living shintai. For this reason, his waist is circled by a shimenawa, a sacred rope which protects sacred objects from evil spirits. A kannushi...
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Kanjo Nawa (Japanese: 勧請縄) is a Japanese custom of stretching shimenawa, a variety of laid rope, with fetishes hung at the border of a village. Michi...
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a wagon. At the start of the yamahoko on July 17, the chigo cuts the shimenawa with a swing of his sword. Weight: about 12 tons Height: about 27 meters...
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