fuuru nu kami
The fuuru nu kami, or "toilet god", is the family protector of the area of waste in the Ryukyu Islands (including Okinawa Islands). Because he is considered a primary household god, the fuuru nu kami's habitat (the bathroom) is kept clean and is perceived to warrant deferential behavior. Reports on the family's status are delivered regularly to the fuuru nu kami.
Relationships
- syncretized with
- Cheukshin
- co occurs with
- kawaya kami, Ususama-myō-ō, kamu-taka, takagamisama, Setchinsan, Sechinbisan, Usshimasama, Rukar Kamuy
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“In the Ryukyu Islands (including Okinawa Islands), the fuuru nu kami, or "toilet god", is the family protector of the area of waste. The pig toilet (ふーる / 風呂), lacking this benevolent god, could become a place of evil influence and potential haunting (such as by an akaname, or other negative spirits, welcomed by the accumulation of waste matter, rejected and abandoned by the human body).”
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