This phenomenon likely arose due to the perception of such animals as unusual spiritual beings, irrelevant to their respective gods. This Shint divinity is widely worshipped at Suiteng Shrines throughout Japan, and votive stone markers devoted.
Water Kami), guardian of fishing folk, and patron of fertility, motherhood, and easy childbirth. Neither the servant nor the kappa noticed Genta's actions. From the shed he fetched a strong rope made of hemp palm and snuck up to the kappa from behind. Although Genta became very angry watching this scene, he had the presence of mind to think of a plan. In later ages, a god's animal familiar might be popularly worshiped as a representation of the god itself, as seen in the case of the fox at Inari-jinja Shrines. These lesser Suijin-creatures should not be confused with the benevolent Suijin (aka Mizu no Kamisama, lit. Inari is the Japanese kami (a type of god or spirit in the Shinto religion) of prosperity, tea, agriculture (especially rice), industry, and smithing. The more the servant poured, the more powerful the kappa became. With time, animal familiars took on fixed identities in episodes of mythology of relevant gods or in shrine lore, and it became customary to feed those animals in the shrine's precincts. In another episode from Emperor Kogyoku in " Nihonshoki," the cries of monkeys were taken as omens of good and ill fortune, since they were considered 'servants of the great goddess of Ise.' Ibuki was transformed into a huge snake and appeared in front of Yamato Takeru (no mikoto) who said 'This snake must be a servant of the rough deity.' In an episode from Emperor Keiko in " Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), an araburu kami (rough deity) from Mt. Tales of special animals acting on behalf of god to transmit the divine will are seen in Japanese Mythology.
Phenomena such as the sunshine, rain, and wind can be a kami, most famously the kamikaze or divine wind which blew against the invading Mongol fleet in the 13th century CE. Sometimes it is regarded as a god itself. The reigning Japanese emperor was also considered a living kami. kuninushi is closely associated with the province of Izumo (modern Shimane Prefecture) in western Japan indeed, the myth of his surrender to the gods of heaven may reflect the subjugation and absorption of this area by the Yamato court based in what is now Nara Prefecture. Also called 'Kami no tsukai' (a familiar spirit). Shinshi (Divine servant) is, in Shinto, an animal specified as a messenger (servant) of god.
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