Raijin

Raijin (Japanese雷神Thunder God ) is a Japanese Shinto God, who is also in the Japanese folk belief of importance.

Other Names

Other names for the God of Thunder are Kaminari- sama (雷 様), Raiden - sama (雷电 样) Narukami (鸣 神thunder - god) and Raikō (雷公=, Lord of Thunder '). The names Kaminari- sama =, honorable Thunder and Raiden - sama =, honorable Thunder and Lightning ' are to be understood as a direct personifications of thunder and the storm. Sama (様) is a suffix that is appended to the very polite and respectful address to a name, like a German, Honorable Mr. 'or' dear ... '.

In the Kojiki, there are the eight thunder gods (八 雷神, Yakusa no Ikazuchi no kami ) incurred in the underworld in the decay and transformation of the original mother Izanami no mikoto:

  • Oho - Ikazuchi (大 雷, "big thunder " ) out of her head,
  • Hono - Ikazuchi (火 雷, "Fire Thunder " ) from her breast,
  • Kuro Ikazuchi (黒 雷, "Black Thunder " ) from her abdomen,
  • Saku - Ikazuchi (折 雷, " bursting thunder " ) from their genitals,
  • Waka - Ikazuchi (若 雷, " young thunder " ) from her left hand,
  • Tsuchi - Ikazuchi (土 雷, "Earth thunder " ) from her right hand,
  • Naru- Ikazuchi (鸣雷, " roaring thunder " ) from her left leg and
  • Fusu - Ikazuchi (伏 雷, " dormant thunder " ) from her right leg.

The god of thunder in the People Say

In Volksshintō states that Sugawara no Michizane, who was a leading scholar, poet and political figure of Japanese Heian period, after his death to the deity Tenjin (天神) was and ruled over the thunder. When Takayama Matsuri is shown on one of the floats, the story of the Raijin with dolls as he falls from his cloud, as he watches a Bäurin curious when Wäschwaschen. Usually occurs together with Fujin Raijin, the god of wind, on.

Representation in art

The most common in Japan presentation of the Thunder God Raijin - Fujin follows the raijin -to (风神 雷神 図=, Fujin Raijin - picture ',' portrayal of the Wind God and Thunder God ') of the painter Tawaraya Sōtatsu. In this Raijin is shown as a horned demon, a loincloth of tiger-skin clad, beats drums to unleash thunder. In Sanjusangendo Temple in Kyoto Fujin Raijin and are represented as life-sized figures from the Kamakura era mid-13th century. Both figures are national treasures and flank the long series of the 1000 Kannon figures as protective figures.

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