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Okame/Otafuku
"Much Good Fortune, "Tortoise" A lucky symbol for long life.
Represents a lovely, always smiling Japanese woman
who brings happiness and good fortune to any manshe marries.
Also known as the Goddess of Mirth.
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Sambaso
"The third Oldest Man
Performed as a greeting to the audience on
behalf of the actor's performing that night
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Tengu
Some of the oldest mythological "deities" in Japan. Part bird and part man, they have wings and large
noses or "beaks" .
A phallic symbol indicative of fertility and good
harvest.
They inhabit trees, are good swordsmen, and are
fond of playing tricks on human beings.
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Kitsune
Japanese Fox
Both benevolent and malicious qualities.
The Fox is believed to be the messenger of the God of Rice,
while on the darker side, Foxes are said to have the ability totake the shape of humans, and trick and deceive them. The
Fox is also said to possess Infinite Vision, an All-Hearing Ear,
and the secrets of the souls of others. He is also said to have
full knowledge of the Universal Past and Present.
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Koomote
Face of a young woman in a Noh play.
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Hannya
A representation of a Female Demon, and has also
come to represent the face of a jealous woman, or a
woman scorned.
When Japanese women marry they traditionallywear a huge white headdress which is said "to hide
the Horns of Jealousy".
Represent darker side of Japanese women.
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Women are viewed in
two different ways
depending on thereligion that dominates
in that particular
period
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Pimiko ruled Japan
in the third century.
mature eyes.
Women are
established,
Women are chaste
and not given to
jealousy.
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Japanese superstitions
The number four is considered inauspicious because it ispronounced the same as the word for death (shi).
The number 9 is also considered bad, since
its pronunciation (ku) can also mean pain and
suffering. In many shrines, temple and souvenir shops, amulets
are sold that are supposed to bring luck, safety or good
fortune.
A so called omikuji, a small pieces of paper are alsoavailble where it can predict your future.
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Cutting your nails at night is bad
Do not whistle at night
If you dont finish your rice during every meal, you will go
blind. There are also some imported superstitions like the
belief about the black cat crossing the street in front of
you is bad luck.
If you lie down immediately after eating, you will become a
cow.
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Japanese Funeral superstitions
According to Rokuyo, a version of the Japanese
calendar that supposedly tells people when their luckiest
and unluckiest days will be, the ideal day to schedule a
funeral service is on Butsumetsu. On this day, people
who have died are said to be most at-rest.
The unluckiest day for a memorial service is on
Tomobiki.
-People often make another smaller coffin for the
funeral, placing a doll inside.
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If a funeral car passes you should hide your thumb.
Do not sleep towards the North beacause bodies are laid
down like that.
When entering a funeral, toss salt over ones shoulder Do not stick your chopsticks upright into rice or food
Food should never be passed between chopstick to
chopstick
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HUMAN BLOOD AS THE GREATEST
SUPER GLUE EVER INVENTED.
THE MYTH:
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Can be compared to what the Filipinos
believed to as, Tagabantay.
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