Sae no kami
deity intermediate rocks single tradition · 1
Sae no Kami prevents the passage of the spirits of the dead into the world of the living, and therefore a god who is a protector of boundaries. He is represented by large rocks set at the edges of villages. Because of the rocks' elongated shape, he came to be associated also with childbirth, children and matrimonial happiness.
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Izanami-no-mikoto, Yomotsu-shikome
- child of
- Izanagi-no-mikoto
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wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“belief with a different deity having similar characteristics called "Sae no kami", whose birth is described in the Kojiki. When one of the kami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, sought to leave after going to the realm of the dead (Yomi no Kuni) to visit his spouse Izanami-no-mikoto, he was chased by the demoness Yomotsushikome”
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