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1. Ame No Uzume

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   Ame No Uzume (天の宇受売命, "Heavenly Alarming Female") is a kami of Shinto tradition primarily associated with diplomatic relations, entertainment, and ceremonial performance within the celestial bureaucracy. She holds the permanent portfolio of diplomatic relations and entertainment management among the Shinto pantheon, distinguishing her from temporally conditional deities such as Susanoo.
   Mythological Background

2. Hinokagutsuchi

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   Hinokagutsuchi receives veneration primarily at shrines dedicated to fire safety, metalworking, and the regulation of domestic heat. The deity's festival, held on the eighth day of the tenth lunar month, traditionally involves the ritual burning of old documents written in red ink, as Hinokagutsuchi is believed to have an aesthetic preference for such materials.
   Notably, Hinokagutsuchi is one of the few kami who is simultaneously feared and revered, reflecting the dual nature of fire in agricultural and pre-industrial Japanese society. The deity's violent origin has led som…

3. Japan

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   Religion and Spirituality
   Approximately 79% of Japanese people practice Shinto, the indigenous religion centered on reverence for nature, kami (spirits), and ancestral veneration. An additional 66% identify with Buddhism, reflecting the syncretic nature of Japanese religious practice—individuals commonly hold both beliefs simultaneously.[^14]
   Shinto practices include ritual purification, shrine visits during specific festivals, and seasonal observances. Major festivals such as [New Year celebrations](/entries/new-year-celebratio…

4. Japanese Mythology

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   Japanese mythology comprises the traditional narratives, cosmological frameworks, and religious beliefs of Japan, primarily codified in the Shinto tradition. The foundational mythological texts—the Kojiki (compiled 712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (compiled 720 CE)—establish a comprehensive cosmology centered on the kami (divine beings), primordial creation, and the divine legitimacy of the Japanese imperial line. Japanese mythology differs from many other mythological traditions in its emp…

5. Jomon Period

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   Animism and Kami Worship
   Archaeological and ethnographic evidence indicates that Jomon peoples practiced animistic beliefs centered on the veneration of natural phenomena and spiritual essences known as kami. Mountain peaks, bodies of water, unusual rock formations, and large trees were conceptualized as inhabited by spiritual beings requiring propitiation and respect.[^12]
   Shamanic practitioners, identifiable in burial contexts by unusual grave goods and skeletal modifications (including deliberate cranial deformation), appear to have mediat…