Places: Iga Prefecture (medieval Japan/1581); New York City (2014)
Search Terms Used: Shinto, Naming my Shinto Deity, Naming my Shinto kami, kami, kami names, Iga Prefecture, Iga Prefecture shrines, Iga Prefecture kami. I also went down the entire list of Shinto terms on Wikipedia.
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I first noticed this idea of using a camera to kill/hurt/capture a ghost in the Japanese video game Fatal Frame. (By taking their picture.) Then it came up again in the Indonesian game DreadOut. This got me wondering if there is real folklore or urban legends in Asia about being able to capture/hurt ghosts by taking their picture, or if it's ( Read more... )

Hi guys, I'm looking for some help for anything and everything related to kitsune mythology aside from the basic obvious facts (nine tailed foxes, possession, shapeshifting, tricksters). I have a character who is currently possessed by a kitsune that is pretty apathetic toward humanity, even a bit dismissive, and I want to make it as accurate as ( Read more... )

Would it be something out of the ordinary for a house to be rebuilt on the site of one that had burned down, particularly if people had died in the fire? Would it be more or less likely to happen if the son of the people who'd died in the fire was still alive ( Read more... )

I am in the planning stages of a novel where the main character is a Canadian female living in Japan and married to a Japanese local, who's father was an American soldier stationed in Japan. I was told that Japanese couples have to choose one of the spouses' last name for the two of them, meaning that it does not necessarily have to be the husband' ( Read more... )

One of my stories set in Japan features a ghost as the villain, and not just any ghost either: she's the main protagonist's ancestor.

In life she was pretty nasty; she was obsessed with having amazing descendants.  When her son failed to live up to her expectations, she treated him like crap.  Now, as a ghost roaming the earth, she continues to ( Read more... )

A character of mine for an Angelic Layer RP is currently making an Angel (a sort of fighting doll) for his daughter, modelled after the Shinto goddess, Amaterasu. I used to have a big book on Japanese mythology but I lost it when I was around 10 so I only remember scraps of info pertaining to her ( Read more... )

Hi, all!  Just a couple of quick questions.

I have a character, a young Japanese woman going to college in the United States.  She speaks English fluently, but sometimes slips into her native language when she's upset.  At the moment, I have another character address her by a nickname she hasn't used since childhood, and she answers in Japanese, " ( Read more... )

What kinds of meanings or qualities are associated with various kinds of trees in Japan? Apart from the well-known symbolism of sakura (and - I think - plum and maple in a similar meaning of transience, transient beauty, mortality, and the like?), I've been unable to find any information on this ( Read more... )

I really thought that finding information on this would be easy, but it's been a frustrating endeavor with zilch for results ( Read more... )