Shinto: The Way of the Gods/Index

by W. G. Aston

INDEX.

N.B.—Where there are several references the most important is placea first.

A

• Ablution, 259, 83, 271. See Lustration, misogi.
• Abstinence, 271, 273. See Imi.
• Abstractions, Gods of, 62, 169, 186
• Abstractions, few in Japanese, 35
• Accession announced to Gods, 324
• Acupuncture, 334
• Adoption, 45
• Adultery, 91, 244, 246
• Adzuki. See Bean.
• Adzusa bow, 206, 335
• Agamono, 261, 306. See Ransom.
• Agnostic, 13, 78
• Ahidono, 227
• Agriculture in Shinto, Preface, 86, 102, 121, 164, 172
• Ahiname or Ahimbe, 278
• Ainus, 160, 193, 252
• Akitsu Kami, 41
• Aliases of deities, 22
• Allen, Grant, 36
• Altar, 217, 218, 227. See Kamidana.
• Altro intende, 77
• Amagatsu, 263
• Ama no hohi, no, 258, 274
• Ama no sagume, 109
• Amaterasu, 125
• Ame (heaven), 96, 142
• Ame no hashidate, 95
• Ame no hiwashi, 136
• Ame no kagase wo, 142
• Ame no minaka nushi, 69, 85, 142, 375
• Ame yudzuru, 85
• Ame waka hiko, 108
• Amulet, 258. See Talisman.
• Ancestor-worship, 44, 36, 95, 116, 177, 279, 374
• Ancestor and ancestress of the Mikado, 271, 296
• Animals, 63
• Animal sacrifices, 212, 213
• Animal food, offerings of, 196, 205
• Animal„ food,„ impure, 253
• Anthropomorphism, 17
• Ara-mitama, 31, 33, Addenda. See Nigitama.
• Ascetic, 203
• Ashinadzuchi, 103
• Aso, Mount, God of, 147
• Asuha no Kami, 146
• Atago, 159, 365, 369. See Fire-God.
• Augury, 344
• August Grandchild. See Sovran Grandchild.
• Augustine, St., Addenda, 198
• Avatar, 361, 186
• Avoidance of uncleanness. See Imi.
• Axe, sacred, 289

B

• Baelz, Dr., 358
• Bakemono (ghost), 49
• Bakin, 328, 362
• Baldness unclean, 253
• Bargain with Gods, 212. See also Do ut des.
• Bashô, 48
• Batchelor, 295
• Be (Government corporation), 112, 183
• Bean, 190, 165, 193, 309, 312, 313, 342
• Beneficent character of Gods, 6, 15, 129
• Bestiality, 300
• Bewitchment, 300
• Birushana, 361
• Biso, 48
• Black animals offered for rain, 287
• Blessing of the Palace, 287
• Blood, 213
• Bosatsu, 178, 325, 368
• Bow as offering, 314
• Bow as a stringed musical instrument, 238
• Bow in magic, 335, 206, 356. See Hama yumi, Adzusa yumi.
• Bowing, 209
• Breath put for life, 51
• Breathing on, 261–63
• Brewer-maiden, 269 et seqq.
• Bridge-divination, 341
• Brinkley, Capt., 326
• Brinton, Mr. D. G., 83, 139
• Browning's 'Saul,' 39
• Bubbles as a charm against fire, 333
• Buckley, Dr., 137, 149, 198
• Buddhism, 4, 354, 359, 364, 353, 178, 182, 183, 199, 212, 253, 254, 255, 304
• Bun-shin, 21
• Burial, 55–61, Addenda
• Burnt-offerings, 213, 210

C

• Caird, Dr. E., 46
• Calamities causing uncleanness, 255
• Caldron-divination, 343
• Carriage of God, 222
• Caterpillar worshipped, 70
• Ceremonial, 268
• Chamberlain, Mr. B. H., 2, 24, 232, 305, 326, 344, 357
• Chaos, 84
• Charm, 114, 189, 337. See Magic, Talisman.
• Chiburi no Kami, 197, 315
• Chieftain conception of Gods, 19
• Chimata no Kami, 188
• Childbirth as a source of uncleanness, 251
• Chinese philosophy, 92, 169, 234, 244, 264, 305, 323, 339, 342, 372
• Chinese religion, 1
• Chinese traits in myth, 92, 115
• Chinjiu, 65, 326, 364
• Chinkonsai, 294
• Chi no wa, 264–6
• Chronology, 116
• Church and State, 200, 274
• Circumambulation, 240, 90, 157, 312, 321
• Civilization of ancient Japanese, Preface.
• Clapping hands, 209, 320
• Classes, Gods of, 15, 34
• Classes, deified classes of men, 61
• Classification of Gods, 15
• Clay, God of, 92, 146, 316
• Cleyera japonica, 98, 215, 216, 269, 293
• Clothing, offerings of, 213, 237. See Yufu, 270, 287
• Cock, 100
• Communion, 120  161, 211
• Comte, 62, 63, 142
• Conception of deity, phases of, 16
• Consanguineous unions, 250
• Confucius, 21
• Confucius,„ cult of, 182, 361
• Cooking furnace, 279, 16, 17, 280, 322, 329. See also Kamado and Hettsui.
• Corn Maiden, 102
• Coronation, 268
• Cosmogony, 144. See Creation.
• Council of Gods, 98, 124
• Couvade, 251
• Creation, various conceptions of, 84, 87, 89, 144, 170
• Creation of mankind, 82, 171, 174
• Creator-Gods, 27, 85, 351, 376. See also Izanagi, Ohonamochi, Musubi.
• Cremation, 364
• Criminal law, 245
• Crossways, deity of, 111, 188, 197. See also Sahe no Kami.
• Crossways,„ sanctity of, 197
• Crossways,„ divination, 340
• Curses, 236, 112, 181
• Cyclops, 101
• Czar deified, Addenda.

D

• Daidai, 313
• Daigūji, 204
• Daijowe, 268
• Daikoku-bashira, 90, 167
• D'Alviella, Preface, 11, 165
• Dances, sacred, 100, 321. See also Kagura.
• Dante, 18, 76
• Darwin, 261
• Deasil, 90. See also Circumambulation.
• Dead, state of, 53, 55. See Yomi.
• Dead,„ worship of, 208
• Death, 51, 94, 252
• Definition of God, 7, 10
• De Harlez, 38
• Deification, 36, 10, 119
• Deified men, 9, 177, 179
• Deluge, 82
• Demon, 6, 308. See also Oni.
• Demon,„ pacts with, 333
• Demon,„ and diseases identical, 168, 187, 198
• Derivations in myth, 117
• Devil. See Demon, Oni.
• Diseases. See Smallpox, Leprosy, Pestilence.
• Diseases,„ personified, 198
• Diseases,„ unclean, 252
• Divination, 337, 119, 249, 269, 323
• Divination,„ God of, 184
• Divine country, 126, 127
• Divine right of Mikado, 82, 111, 289, 297, 293, 314
• Diviner. See Urabe.
• Divorce, 94
• Dog-deity, 332
• Dolmen, 55, 178
• Dondo, 191, 198, 307, 314
• Dōsōjin, 191, 193, 197
• Double, 52, 140. See also Mitama.
• Double current of deity-making thought, 10, 185
• Do ut des, 212, 234, 285
• Dragon, 9, 114, 149, 151. See Serpent.
• Dragon-king, 115, 149, 153
• Drama, 238
• Drama and narrative, 83
• Dreams, 345, 346, 322, 118, 331
• Dual divinity, 140, 171. See also Aramitama.
• Duplication of offerings and ceremonies, 269, 273
• Dwarf-God, 107, 186

E

• Earth-fast stones, 147, 260
• Earth-Gods, 142, 283
• Earthquakes, 65, 82, 126, 147, 326
• Eating the God, 160, 102
• Ebisu, 133
• Echo personified, 9, 167
• Effigy in witchcraft, 331
• Ehō, 314
• Eight, 90, 103
• Eight Gods of Ohonihe, 270
• Eight Gods„ of Jingikwan, 162, 174, 227, 282
• Eighty road-windings, 111
• Elements, Gods of, 92
• Emado, 222, 226
• Emotional basis of religion, 5
• Epidemics, 187
• Esoteric Shinto, 356
• Eternal Land, 98, 117
• Ethics. See Morals.
• Euhemerism, 134, 136
• Even pass of Yomi, 53, 93, 95, 107
• Evergreen trees, 313
• Everlasting world, 52, 70
• Evil deities, 6, 9, 139, 314. See Aratama.
• Exogamy. See Incest.
• Exorcism, 93
• Expiation. See Purification, Ransom.
• Expulsion of winter, 312

F

• Fatherhood of Gods, 6, 19, 173
• Festivals. See Ceremonial.
• Fetish, 122, 15, 63, 73, 142
• Figures of men as ransom objects, 262, 263
• Fillet, 215
• Fine for purification, 100, 246
• Fine weather, magic producing, 330
• Finger-charms, 354, 362
• Fire, worship of 159, 315, 92, 156, 184. See also Nihabi, Kagutsuchi, Futsunushi, Homusubi.
• Fire, respect for, 329
• Fire, purity of, 257, 254, 369
• Fire-drill, 257, 273
• Fire-ordeal, 112, 113
• Firmament, 96
• First fruits. See Nihiname.
• First Gods, 85
• Fissiparous reproduction of deities, 21
• Flag of Japan, 39
• Flaying alive, 297
• Flesh-eating unclean, 253
• Floating bridge of Heaven, 87
• Florenz, Dr., 3, 65, 263, 294, 296, 297, 300, 303
• Folk-lore, 4
• Food-Goddess, 160, 19, 119, 102, 321
• Food-offerings, 212
• Foot-ball God, 199
• Foreign demons, measures against, 188
• Formula in magic, 336
• Fox attendant of Inari, 63, 163
• Fox divination, 344, 358
• Frazer, Mr. J. G., Preface, 99, 163, 166, 188, 269, 270, 309
• Fruit-trees ceremony, 165
• Fujihara family, 184, 320
• Fujiyama deified, 17, 148, 156, 371
• Fukusuke, 48
• Funado, 94, 187. See Kunado.
• Functions of Gods, 65
• Funerals, unclean, 252
• Funeral observances, 109, 55, 96, 43, 59, Addenda. See Burial.
• Furnace. See Kitchen furnace.
• Futami no ura, 130, 131
• Futodama, 184, 30, 98, 100, 202
• Futsu no mitama, 118, 155. See also Futsunushi.
• Futsunushi, 155, 1, 34, 92, 109, 317, 275
• Future life, Preface, 235. See also Yomi; Dead, state of

G

• Garlic, power against demons, 336
• Gate-Gods, 168, 282, 308
• Gateway, honorary. See Toriwi.
• Genealogy, 120
• Generative power personified, 186
• Gender neglected in Japanese Grammar, 22
• Geomancy, 344
• Ghost, 14, 49, 53, 171, 181, 208, 210
• Gideon's fleece, 345
• Gion, ceremonies at, 258
• Godzu Tennō, 137, 139
• Gohei, 216, 264, 304, 354. See Kushi.
• Gohei-katsugi, 217
• Good-luck, Gods of, 199
• Goriōye, 31, 88, 141, 189
• Gourd deified, 316
• Gowland, Mr. W., 55, 57
• Grain-Gods. See Ukemochi and Inari.
• Grain, worship of, 160
• Grass and herbs, God of. See Kaya nu hime.
• Gratitude a source of religion, 5, 183, 210, 268, 269, 285
• Great purification. See Ohoharahi.
• Greater Divination, 339
• Greene, Dr., 375
• Griffis, Dr., 127, 194, 198, 260, 331, 359
• Growth deified, 86. See Musubi
• Gruel-Divination, 341
• Guide-Gods, 197
• Gyōgi, 361

H

• Hachiman, 178, 19, 42, 325
• Hachōji (eight princes), 97
• Hades. See Yomi.
• Hafuri, 204. See Oho-hafuri
• Hafuri-tsu-mono, 205
• Haiden (oratory), 226
• Haigi or Hahiki no kami, 146, 282
• Hair and nails in witchcraft, 332
• Haiten (deification), 41
• Haku, 202
• Hamayumi, 314, 335
• Haniwa (clay rings), 57
• Haniyasu hime, 146
• Harahi (purification), mythic origin, 96; also 264, 303, 317, 365
• Harahi-bako, 304, 343
• Harahi-tsu-mono, 263, 203, 301, 302
• Harahi-tsu-tachi, 306
• Hare and Ohonamochi, 105
• Harp divination, 342
• Hartland, Mr. S., 50, 97
• Harvest Gods, 164
• Harvest festival. See Nihi-name.
• Harvest, praying for. See Toshi-gohi.
• Hashira (pillar), 71
• Hatsu no hinode, 128
• Hayato (Imperial Guards), 115
• Haya-aki-tsu-hime, 302
• Haya-sasura-hime, 302
• Haya-tama no wo, 260
• Hearn, Lafcadio, 44, 145
• Heaven. See Ame, Ten, Tien.
• Heaven-and-Earth, 35, 370, 371
• Height equivalent to excellence, 8
• Hell, Buddhist, 367, 181, 182
• Hemp, offerings of, 213, 264
• Hereditary offices, 183
• Hettsui. See Kitchen furnace.
• Hiko and hime, 20, 38, 132
• Himachi, 128
• Himorogi, 223, 226, 304, 260
• Hirano festival, 279
• Hirata, 373, 4, 22, 25, 168, 235
• Hirose, 321
• Hiruko, 90, 91, 132
• Hirume, 116, 125. See Sun-Goddess.
• Hito-bashira, 219
• Hito-dama, 50
• Hito-gata, human figures offered to Gods, 219
• Hito-koto-nushi, 41
• Hitomaro, 48, 183
• Hobby-horses, 222
• Hōben, 360
• Hogmanay, 312
• Hohodemi, 113
• Hokora, 223
• Holly, 313
• Homer, 215; purification in, 295
• Homusubi, 93, 159. See Fire-God.
• Horses as offerings, 310, 322
• House-Gods, 167, 287, 290. See Yabune.
• House-cleaning, 313
• Ho-shidzume, 315. See Fire.
• Huacas of Peru, 9
• Human sacrifice, 56, 151, 152, 219, 220
• Hyaku-do-ishi, 232
• Hypnotism, 354, 349

I

• Ichiko, 206, 357
• Ichi no miya, 144
• Idea of God, 6
• Idols, 71–3, 22
• Idzumo, 108, 105, 103
• Idzumo Fudoki, 3
• Iha-naga-hime, 112
• Ihashimidzu, 178. See Hachiman.
• Ikadzuchi, 157, 155
• Iki (breath, life), 51
• Ikigami (living deity), 44
• Iki mitama (living soul), 52
• Ikudama, 143
• Ikukuni, 143
• Iku-wi, 154
• Imagination, 18, 22, 24, 21, 23, 77
• Imbe, 202, 112, I, 98, 184
• Imi, 256, 202, 246, 271, 273
• Imi-bashira, 167
• Imi-dono, 205
• Imitative magic, IOI, 153, 330, 99
• Immortality, 13, 14
• Impersonal habit of Japanese mind, 67
• Impetuous male, 141. See Susa no wo.
• Implements worshipped, 73
• Impurity. See Uncleanness.
• In and Yō. See Yin and Yang.
• Inada hime, 138
• Inao, 193
• Inari, 162, 6, 34, 63, 67, 355
• Inauspicious words, 255
• Incantations, 329, 336
• Incarnation of the God in his prophet or priest, 376, 70, 177
• Incense, 213, 292, 354
• Incest, 300, 64, 91
• Individuals, Gods of, 15
• Individual men deified, 36, 177
• Infinite, 73
• Inspiration, 348, 98. See Oracle.
• Inugami, 332
• Invocation. See Kami-oroshi.
• Iron fish-hooks, 115
• Ishi-kori-dome, 184
• Ishigami, 341
• Ise shrines, 229
• Ise shrines,„ festival on removal of, 287
• lyeyasu, 183
• Izanagi and Izanami, 86, 171, 69, 96

J

• Jevons, 24, 90
• Jewels as offerings, 218
• Jewel-makers, 185, 290
• Jewel-spear of Heaven, 87
• Ji-chin-sai, 143
• Jigoku, 54, 367
• Ji-matsuri, 143
• Jimmu Tenno, 116, 115
• Jingikwan, 200, 202, 162, 184
• Ji no myōhō, 376
• Jizō, 189, 191
• Junshi (self-sacrifice at tomb), 59

K

• Kadomatsu, 191
• Kadori, 92, 115
• Kaempfer, 36, 41
• Kagami-mochi, 313
• Kagase-wo, 71, 142
• Kage-zen, 52
• Kagura, 227, 238, 101, 184
• Kagutsuchi, 92, 159
• Kaji-so-sha, 48
• Kamado no Kami. See Kitchen furnace.
• Kami, 7–10
• Kami-agari, 340
• Kami-dana, 217, 231, 305
• Kami-gi, 165
• Kami-na-dzuki, 145
• Kami-oroshi, 342, 217, 304, 340
• Kamu-be, 207
• Kamu-image, 279
• Kamu-musubi, 173, 174
• Kamu-miso no matsuri, 287
• Kamu-naobi, 290
• Kamunoko, 206
• Kamurogi and Kamuromi, 173, 275, 289, 296
• Kaname-ishi, 147, 260
• Kangakari, 349
• Kan-name, 278
• Kannushi, 204
• Kappa, 153
• Kasedon, 331
• Kashihade, 209
• Kashikodokoro, 291
• Kashima, 92, 155, 157, 370
• Kasuga no matsuri, 317
• Kataribe, 2, 273
• Katashiro, 263
• Kaya nu hime, 166
• Kedzurikake, 191, 192
• Kega (wound or uncleanness), 253
• Kidzuki, 145
• King-post, 90
• Kiri-bi (sacred fire), 257
• Kiri-nusa, 296
• Kitano, 182
• Kitsune-tsukahi, 344
• Kitchen furnace, God of, 159, 16, 17, 73, 146, 272, 280, 322, 329. See Haniyasu.
• Kiu (festival for rain), 286
• Kiujiki, 3
• Kneeling, 209
• Kōbōdaishi, 361
• Kodama (echo), 9, 67
• Kogoshiui, 3
• Kojiki, 2, 84
• Kojikiden, 373
• Komagata, 222, 67
• Kompira, 230
• Konohana Sakuyahime, 112
• Ko-nusa, 343
• Korea, 1, 102, 156, 305
• Koto-shiro-nushi, 185, 111
• Kowameshi, 194
• Koyane, 183, 20, 46, 100, 101, 201, 317, 339
• Kteis, 186, 194, 197, 334
• Kugedachi, 348
• Kuhabara, 337
• Kuji. See Lots.
• Kukunochi 166, 167, 290. See Tree-God.
• Kumaso, 64
• Kunado, 187, 189, 33, 40, 94, 110, 306, 341. See Phallic deities.
• Kunari no kami, 144
• Kunidama, 143, 144
• Kunitokotachi, 175, 85, 68, 362, 375
• Kusanagi (name of sword), 104
• Kushi, 216, 297
• Kushi-iha-mado, 168, 308
• Kushinada hime, 103
• Kuyebiko, 71

L

• Lang, Mr. A., 61, 108
• Language, myth arising from perversion of, 132
• Laotze, 38, 361
• Laughing festival, 6
• Law, 242, 243, 245
• Leanness unclean, 253
• Learning, God of. See Temmangu.
• Leech-child. See Hiruko.
• Left and right, precedence of, 129
• Legend and myth, 116
• Lemuria, 309
• Leprosy, 252, 300, 332
• Life, God of, 174. See Breath.
• Light and darkness myth, 101
• Literal-minds, 18, 24, 50, 51, 80, 81
• Liturgy, 100. See Norito.
• Live bow, 107
• Lloyd, Rev. A., 375
• Lots, 343
• Lowell, Mr. P., 24, 354
• Luck, 309. See Tsuina.
• Luck, Gods of, 95
• Luck-wishing, 287
• Lupercalia, 190
• Lustration, 96, 259, 294, 295
• Lying stigmatized, 242

M

• Mabuchi, 373
• Mayeza. See Medium.
• Magic, 327, 99, 144, 187, 196, 255, 300, 357
• Maine, Sir H., 24
• Majinahi. See Magic.
• Make-believe, 12, 223
• Male who invites, 171
• Mamori. See Charms.
• Maneki-neko, 48
• Man-deities, 36, chap. viii.
• Manyōshiu, a collection of ancient poetry, 9, 17
• Mari no Kami, 199
• Marriage, 66, 90, 91, 137, 140, 248, 249. See Nuptial hut, Wedlock.
• Masaya a katsu, 97
• Massha, 227
• Material souls, 50, 51, 52
• Materialized feelings, 332, 333
• Materials for study of Shinto, 1–4
• Medicine, 144, 327
• Medicine men, 203
• Medium, 354, 355, 356. See Ichiko, Miko.
• Menstruation, 251, 340
• Meredith, Mr. Geo., 80
• Metal, God of, 92
• Metamorphosis, 49, 64
• Metaphor, 16–18, 38, 76
• Michiahe, 306, 187, 188
• Michi no Omi, 119
• Midzuchi, 150
• Mikado deified, 9, 38
• Mikado„ divine right of, 82, 293
• Mikado„ prayer to, 235, 324
• Mikado„ as high priest, 201, 292
• Mikado matsuri, 308
• Mikage, 51
• Miko, 206, 101, 357
• Mikoshi, 222, 225
• Mikoto, 20, 85
• Mimi, 30
• Minagata, 43, 177
• Mioya, 19
• Miraculous births, 97
• Mirror, 218, 31, 72, 134, 291
• Mirror-makers, 184
• Misasagi, 42, 43
• Misogi, 260, 271, 298
• Mitama (spirit), 26–31, 8, 9, 49, 188, 197, 293. 294.
• Mitama furishiki, 292
• Mitama„ shidzumuru no matsuri, 292
• Mitama„ shiro, 32. See Shintai.
• Mitegura (offerings), 158, 211
• Mitoshi no Kami, 196, 253
• Miwa, 145. See Ohonamochi.
• Miya, 200, 223. See Shrine.
• Miyakko, 205, 206
• Modern Shinto, 376
• Mono-imi, 206, 318, 340
• Monotheism, 66, 68, 69, 70, 125, 170, 171, 349
• Moon-God, 65, 95, 102, 138. See Tsukiyomi, Tsuki-machi.
• Moral code, 241, 129, 367, 374
• Mortuary house, 109
• Mosaic law, 122, 215, 248, 251, 252, 302
• Motion and sensation, 11
• Motoöri, 373, 4, 21, 24, 25
• Mountain-Gods, 147, 92, 284, 289
• Mourning. See Funeral.
• Muir, Dr. J., 94
• Müller, Max, 16, 25
• Multiplication of Gods, 67
• Mushroom, 189, 312
• Music, 56, 93, 238, 270, 273, 292, 321
• Musubi, 172, 20, 21, 35, 69, 102, 275
• Mystery, 31, 32
• Myth, 75, 17, 2, 16
• Myth,„ and legend, 116
• Myth,„ and ritual, 83
• Mythical narrative, 84

N

• Nademono, 220
• Naishidokoro, 291, 43, 135
• Nakatomi, 201, 1, 21, 46, 112, 183
• Nakatsutsu no wo, 20–22. See Sea-Gods.
• Nakatsu-wata-dzumi, 148. See Sea-Gods.
• Nakara, 354
• Nakisahame, 92, 199
• Nanakusa, 277, 344
• Naru Kami, 9. See Thunder.
• Nature deities, 121
• Nature-Gods and Man-Gods, 15
• Need-fire, 259
• Needles worshipped, 73
• Negi (priest), 205
• Ne no kuni (root-country). See Yomi.
• Nether Land, 104. See Yomi.
• New Year in modern Japan, 312
• Nichirin (the sun), 127
• Nigi-hayahi, 120, 128
• Nigi-tama, 31, 33, 140, 145, 275
• Nihabi, 99, 101, 277
• Nihiname (festival of first-fruits), 277, 109, 119, 124, 161, 268, 269
• Nihongi, 2, 84, 169
• Ninigi, 108, 111, 112, 116, 185
• No dance, 238
• Nomi no Sukune, 48, 57, 183
• Norito, chap. xii. passim, 3, 42, 98, 99, 126, 232, 235, 270, 274, 322
• North the honourable quarter, 56
• North star, 142
• Number neglected in Japanese grammar, 16, 21, 121, 168, 169
• Number of Gods, 66, 98
• Numerals, magical use of, 99, 336
• Nuptial hut, 90, 104, 137, 248
• Nusa, 216, 218, 318. See Offerings, Kirinusa, Ohonusa.
• Nusa-bukuro, 197
• Nushi, 20

O

• Oaths, 236
• Obeisance, 209, 284, 320
• ‘Occult Japan,’ 354
• Offences, 297
• Offerings, 210, 98, 193, 280
• Offerings,„ deified, 119, 161, 211
• Offerings,„ to dead, 60, 211
• Offerings,„ consumed by worshippers, 321. See Communion.
• Offerings, symbolical, 211, 276
• Oharahi, 305
• Oho-hafuri, 205, 177
• Oho-harahi, 294, 4, 242, 245, 246, 270
• Oho-harahi offerings, 301
• Oho-kuni-dama, See Ohonamochi.
• Oho-kuni-nushi. See Ohonamochi.
• Oho-miya no me, 184, 287, 290
• Oho-mono-nushi, 111
• Oho-naobi, 290
• Ohonamochi, 144, 105, 110, 27–30, 46, 69, 200, 274
• Oho-nihe, 268, 364
• Oho-nusa, 213
• Oho-sora, 96
• Oho-toko-nushi, 144, 196, 253. See Ohonamochi.
• Oho-tono hogahi, 287
• Oho-toshi, 105
• Ōjin deified, 178. See Hachiman.
• Omens, 119, 126, 325, 345
• Omnipresence of Deity, 27
• Omohi-kane, 199, 98
• Oni (demon), 198
• Oni-yarahi, 189. See Tsuina.
• Onogorojima, 89
• Onyōshi, 365
• Oracles, 367, 178, 350, 361. See Inspiration.
• Ordeal, 347
• O tento sama (sun), 127, 175

P

• P'anku, myth of, 129
• Pantheon, 121
• Pairs of deities, 86
• Parturition house, 113, 112, 114, 251, 345
• Patron deity, 326
• Peach, 189, 9, 93, 308
• Penitence, 260
• Perseus and Andromeda, 103–105, 50, 151
• Personality of deities, 22
• Personification, 5
• Personal pronouns rare in Japanese, 23
• Pestilence deities, 187
• Pestle, a male symbol, 189
• Pfleiderer, Dr., Preface, n, 76, 84
• Phallicism, 186, 72, 363. See Bean, Chiburi no kami, Chimata no kami, Dōsōjin, Goriōye, Ishigami, Kunado, Kteis, Kedzurikake, Mushroom, Peach, Pestle, Rice, Sahe no kami, Sarutahiko, Shingi, Tama-boko, Tamuke no kami, Tsuji-ura, Yachimata hiko, Yakushin, Wo-bashira.
• Pheasant as messenger of Gods, 108
• Pictures of Gods, 71
• Piebald colt of Heaven, 97, 98
• Pilgrimage, 239
• Pillar of Heaven, 95, 154
• Pillar„ of House, 89, 90
• Pious fraud, 360
• Plain of High Heaven, 98, 107, 134
• Poetry, Gods of. See Hitomaro, Sotoöri hime.
• Polar star, 85
• Polytheism, 66
• Positive and negative. See Yin and Yang.
• Possession, 349, 357
• Potsticks, striking women with, to produce pregnancy, 190
• Posthumous honours, 53
• Poverty, God of, 199
• Pradakchina. See Circumambulation.
• Praise, 234, 306
• Prayer, 232, 162. See Norito.
• Prehistoric Shinto, 1
• Priesthood, 200
• Priestess, 205
• Primitive man, 77, 12, 18, 26, 80, 345
• Primitive religion, 13, 26, 121, 160, 166, 211
• Primitive religion, Shinto not a, Preface
• Privy, God of, 167, 289, 314
• Processions, 240, 317
• Procreative power deified. See Phallicism.
• Prophet, 348, 350
• Propitiation of evil deities, 305, 315
• Prophylactic magic, 187
• Providential character of nature Gods, 65, 125, 156, 162
• Properties, Gods of, 15
• Profanity, 237
• Pseudo-ancestor worship, 46
• Pure Shinto, 4, 372
• Purification, 189
• Purity, 247, 343
• Purity,„ of heart, 264, 368, 369, 371
• Purity,„ of language, 271, 255

Q

• Qualities, Gods of, 15, 34, 62

R

• Races, 321
• Rain, praying for, 42, 151, 152, 180, 286
• Rainbow, 87. See Taikobashi.
• Rain-Gods, 153
• Rain-storm. See Susa no wo.
• Ransom offerings, 262, 220. Se  Agamono, Katashiro, Nademono, Scape-goat.
• Rank conferred on Gods, 237, 323, 324
• Rationalism, 92, 375
• Real presence, 217, 27, 72
• Red colour, 194, 56, 163, 165
• Regalia, 135, 202, 273, 289, 291, 353, 363
• Relic, Buddhist, 361
• Religion, nature and origin of, 5, 13
• Remmonkyō, 375
• Repentance, 102
• Réville, Preface, 268
• Revival of Pure Shinto, 4, 372
• Rice-God. See Inari.
• Rice in magic and ritual, 189, 288, 289, 334, 341
• Risley, Mr. H., 73
• Ritual, 1, 3, 268
• River of Heaven (milky way), 97, 98, 100, 110
• River-Gods, 115, 150. See Water, Rain.
• River-weed deified, 316
• Road-Gods. See Sahe no Kami.
• Rock-boat of Heaven, 95, 117,
• Rock-cave of Heaven, 97, 101
• Rokkon shōjō, 239, 304, 355
• Rudimentary character of Shinto, Preface, 242
• Ryôbu, 360, 373

S

• Sacred. See Imi.
• Sacred and Secular, 200
• Sacred tree, 165, 215. See Cleyera.
• Sacrifice, 118. See Human sacrifice, Offerings.
• Sagichô, 191, 307, 314
• Sagume, 109
• Sahe no Kami, 186, 14, 31, 165, 306, 314, 331
• Sai-in, 280
• Sai no Kami, 191, 195. See also Sahe no Kami.
• Saishu, 204
• Saiwō, 205, 352
• Sakaki. See　Cleyera.
• Sakamakura, 272, 279
• Sakatsuko, 269
• Sake (rice-beer) not prohibited, 254, 272, 273, 320
• Sake God, 162, 227, 273
• Salt, 196, 260, 354
• Sammai. See Rice.
• Saniha, 350
• Sannô, 145. See Ohonamochi.
• Sarume, 99, 101, 112, 184
• Saruta-hiko, 111, 197, 363
• Satow, Sir E., 3, 257, 268, 280, 305, 317
• Scape-goat, 302. See Ransom.
• Scare-crow God, 71, 142
• Scarf in magic, 334
• Scotus Erigena, 121
• Sea, direct worship of, 9
• Sea-Gods, 20, 92, 95, 114, 148, 315, 323. See Uhatsutsu no wo, Toyo-tama hiko, Sumiyoshi, Suitengu.
• Sea, old man of, 113
• Sects of Shinto, Chap. xiv.
• Secular and sacred little distinguished in early times, 200
• Sensation in inanimate nature, 11
• Seoritsu hime, 302
• Serpent-worship, 63, 64, 257. See Dragon.
• Serpent, eight-headed, 103
• Seven generations of Gods, 85
• Sex of Gods, 19, 132, 133
• Sexual uncleanness, 248
• Shadow. See Mikage.
• Shaking in magic, 335
• Shakujō, 354
• Shangti, 1, 305
• Shekinah, 26, 27
• Shiho-tsuchi, 150
• Shimenaha, 335, 164, 195, 313
• Shimpô, 218
• Shinatsu tohe, 20
• Shinatsu hiko, 154. See Wind-Gods.
• Shingaku, 374
• Shingi, 193
• Shingonjiki, 279
• Shintai, 70, 32, 34, 123, 146, 163, 193, 212, 222, 305, 330, 376
• Shintaku (inspiration), 350
• Shitateru hime, 108, 109
• Shōjiroku, 3, 175
• Shoulder-blade, divination by, 203, 339
• Shōtoku Taishi, 244, 359
• Shrine, 223, 366
• Shrines of Ise, 226, 228
• Silk, 213
• Simpson’s ‘Praying Wheel,’ 90
• Sin, 102
• Siva, 173
• Skins, offerings of, 217, 307
• Slaves, 207, 221
• Small-pox, 163, 194
• Smith-God, 99, 101
• Smith, Robertson, 211
• Sokotsutsu no wo, 20, 22
• Sokotsu wata-dzumi, 148
• Sono no Kami, 145
• Sori-bashi. See Taiko-bashi.
• Sorceress. See Uzume, Miko, Ichiko.
• Sotoöri hime, 183
• Soul, 26, 27, 374. See Mitama.
• Soul and body, 34
• Soul, Chinese views of, 52
• Sovran Grandchild, 111–13, 127, 289, 296, 306
• Speal, reading the, 339
• Spear as emblem of authority, 89, 111, 144, 278
• Spencer, Herbert, 8, 10, 23, 40, 50, 59, 89, 200, 211, 346
• Spherical souls, 49, 50
• Spirit, 48, 7. See Mitama, Soul.
• Spiritism, 25
• Spirituality of deities, 7, 171, 173
• Spitting, 114, 260
• Stars, 98
• Star-God, 142
• Stars, divination by, 344
• Stone as shintai, 71
• Substituted offerings, 211, 213, 216  219, 221, 222, 24O, 322
• Sugahara Michizane. See Temmangu.
• Suha, God of, 43, 177, 186
• Suhijini, 146
• Suitengu, 65
• Sukuna-bikona, 186, 107, 124, 145
• Sumera, 20
• Sumiyoshi, Gods of, 149
• Sun-Goddess, 121, 24, 46, 68, 95, 283, 372
• Sun-Goddess's attendants, 183
• Sun-Goddess„ address to Ninigi, 111
• Sun-Goddess„ unlucky to proceed against, 117
• Sun-Goddess, an avatar of Buddha, 361
• Sun-birds, 136
• Sun-crow. See Yatagarasu.
• Son-children, 38, 40
• Sun-deities, sex of, 132, 133
• Sun-mirror. See Yatakagami.
• Sun-myth, 80
• Sun worship, 1, 41, 83, 99, 128. See Nichirin, O tento sama.
• Supernatural, 38
• Supreme Being, 69, 70, 123, 142, 171, 175, 180, 182, 305
• Surnames, 47
• Susa no wo, 136, 96, 1, 14, 19, 21, 95, 106
• Suseri hime, 106
• Susu-harahi, 313
• Suttee, 59
• Sword, 72, 118, 157, 219
• Symbol. See Shintai.
• Symbol in magic, 187, 333
• Sympathetic magic, 330

T

• Tabi no miya (reposoir), 222
• Taboos, sexual, 250
• Taikobashi, 87, 232
• Taikyoku (great absolute), 175
• Taisha (great shrine of Idzumo), 66, 145, 353
• Tajikara no wo, 98, 199
• Takama no hara. See Plain of High Heaven.
• Taka-musubi, 108, 110, 116, 119, 173, 174, 275, 351, 375
• Take-mika-dzuchi, 155, 92, 109, 118, 317, 37O. See Kashima.
• Take-minakata. See Suha.
• Talisman, 334, 114, 292
• Tama, 27, 88, 218. See Mitama.
• Tama-boko, 87
• Tama-dasuki, 45, 235
• Tama-gushi, 216
• Tamashii (soul), 49
• Tamashiro, 45
• Tamuke no Kami, 197
• Tanabata, 142
• Ta no Kami, 143
• Tartar religions, 1
• Tatsuta, 322, 370. See Wind-God.
• Temmangū, 179, 65, 153, 369
• Ten (Heaven), 362
• Tenrikyô, 375
• Tenjin. See Temmangū.
• Tenshi (Son of Heaven), 38
• Tenshōdaijin, 14, 125. See Sun-Goddess.
• Tentei, 180
• Teri-teri-bōzu, 330
• Textile offerings, 213
• Theogony, 85 et seqq.
• Thunder, charm against, 337
• Thunders of Yomi, 187
• Thunder-God, 157, 9, 41
• Tien (Heaven), 21
• Tiger deified, 63
• Tiger„ teaches acupuncture, 335
• Toko yo no Kuni, 52, 54, 70. See Yomi.
• Tomb and shrine, 42, 43
• Toothache, cure of, 328, 329
• Tori-wi, 231, 233, 43, 128, 165, 309
• Tortoise-shell in divination, 339, 340
• Toshi-gohi festival, 280
• Toshi-otoko, 309, 313
• Toshi-toku-jin, 314
• Toso, 313
• Totemism, 64
• Toyo-iha-mado, 168, 308
• Toyo-tama, 185
• Toyo-tama-hiko, 113, 149
• Toyo-tama-hime, 114
• Trade-Gods, 48
• Trance, 351. See Hypnotism
• Tree-Gods, 164, 92, 290
• Tree, sacred, 332. See Kami-gi.
• Trinity of Fire-Gods, 160
• Trinity„ of Susa no wo, 139
• Trinity„ of Sea-Gods, 148
• Trinity„ Buddhist, 361
• Troup, Mr. J., Preface
• Tsuchi, 19
• Tsuchigumo, 334, 345
• Tsuina, 308, 190, 295
• Tsuii-ura, 340, 189
• Tsuki-machi, 142
• Tsukinami festival, 285
• Tsukiyomi, 141
• Tsumi (guilt), 247
• Tsutsu, 19
• Tuke, Mr. S., 232
• Tumuli, 55, 57, 157. See Misasagi.
• Turan, 232
• Tylor, Dr., Preface, 24, 82, 96, 257, 259, 333
• Types deified, 61, 62, 183

U

• Ubusuna, 47, 337
• Ugly Females of Yomi, 93, 187
• Uhatsutsu-wata-dzumi, 149
• Uhatsutsu no wo, 20, 22
• Uhijini, 146
• Uji, 47
• Ujigami, 47, 65, 184, 231, 279, 314, 331
• Uka no mitama, 105
• Ukemochi, 160
• Umashi-ashi-hikoji, 86
• Unity of religions, 362
• Uncleanness, 248 et seqq.
• Urabe, 203, 269, 302
• Uranahi, 337
• Utsushi-mi, 31, 72
• Uzume, 184, 98, 99, 111, 134

V

• Vairochana, 361
• Van Helmont, 332
• Vejovis, Addenda
• Volcano Gods, 147
• Volition ascribed to inanimate objects, 78

W

• Waka-hirame, 128
• Waka-midzu, 313
• Wake (prince), 20
• Wani (sea-monster), 114, 149
• Wa Kongo, 353, 367
• War-God, 157. See Hachiman, Take-mika-dzuchi.
• Water deified, 119
• Water-Gods, 92, 104, 154, 284, 316, 321, 322
• Weapons as offerings, 218
• Wedlock, God of, 66
• Weeping Goddess. See Naki-sahame.
• Weipert, Dr., 245
• Well, 322, 257
• Well-God, 153, 227, 272, 282, 313, 322
• Well-worship, 16, 313
• Weston, Mr., 287, 344, 356
• Whirlwind deified, 155
• Whistling, 115, 330
• White an auspicious colour, 196, 222
• Will-of-the-wisp, 50
• Wind-Gods, 154, 20, 92, 322
• Wintry influences, 312
• Witchcraft, 255, 331, 346
• Wo-bashira (male pillar), 190, 193, 72, 93
• Wolf deified, 9, 63
• Women rulers, 133
• Wool, offerings of, 215
• Wordsworth, 9
• Worship, 208, 37
• Wounds unclean, 252
• Wrestling, God of. See Nomi Sukune.
• Writing, introduction of, 1

Y

• Yabune, 167, 287, 290
• Yachimata hiko, 187, 71, 306
• Yakami-hime, 105
• Yakushin, 187
• Yaku-sute, 309
• Yaku-toshi, 309
• Yamato-dake, 36, 49
• Yashiro, 223. See Shrine.
• Yatagarasu (sun-crow), 136, 118, 46
• Yatakagami, 134
• Yebisu, 48
• Yengishiki, 3, 268
• Yihking, 344, 363
• Yin and Yang, 35, 52, 84, 169, 313, 365
• Yomi (Hades), 53, 93. 96, 99, 106, 138, 302, 367. See Ne no kuni, Hades.
• Yo-ori ceremony, 262
• Yoridai, 355
• Yufu, 213, 215
• Yufu-kadzura, 320
• Yui-itsu, 362
• Yuki and suki, 269, 272
• Yu-niha (sacred enclosure), 272

Z

• Zembla Bogh, Addenda.
• Zimmern’s definition of magic, 327
• Zōni, 313

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