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vide, W. G. Aston’s Shinto (or[errata 1] the Way of the Gods, p. 27, and his E.T.N., Vol. I, p. 61. Also consult his E.T.N., Vol. II, p. 373, as regards the origin and nature of this “Spirit-Quieting Ceremony.”
137. The ancestoral[errata 2] god of the Kagamitsukuri is Ishikori-tome-no-Kami (Vide p. 21, and passim), that of the Tamatsukuri is Kushi-Akaru-Tama-no-Mikoto (p. 17), that of the Tatenui is Hikosashiri-no-Kami (The Sendai-Kuji-Hongi, the Tenson Hvngi, The Kokushi-Taikei, Japanese edition, Vol. VII, p. 225), that of the Shizuri is Ame-no-Hazuchi-O-no-Kami (p. 20), that of the Omi is Naga-Shiraha-no-Kami, and the Ancestral-Goddess of the Kan-Hatori is Ame-no-Tanabata-Hime-no-Kami (p. 20).
138. The 9th year of Shoho (i.e., Tempyo Shoho) of the Emperor Koken’s reign falls in A.D. 757.
139. A case, contrary to this Imperial Ordinance, occurred in the 2nd year of Tempyo Hoji (A.D. 758), when Kawachi-no-Kami, Imbe-no-Sukune-Hitonari, as well as Nakatomi-no-Asomi Ikemori, were appointed Imperial Envoys to the Ise Shrine (Vide the Shoku Nihongi, Japanese edition, Vol. XXI. The Kokushi Taikei, Japanese edition, Vol. II, p. 356).
140. The tutelary god of a locality, or the god of land. Some (not very convincingly) identify this god with the Okuninushi-no-Kami of Izumo Province.
141. Mitoshi-no-Kami, the god of Rice-crops, is said to be a grandson of Susano-no-[errata 3]Mikoto.
142. The meaning of the words “katakannagi” and “hijikannagi” is not very clear. Some conjecture that they represent two kinds of diviners (whether male or female is uncertain), one
