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English: In Yoshida Shinto, which was influenced by this, Kuninotokotachi no Kami was considered the same god as Ame no Minakanushi no Kami, and was positioned as Daigen-sonshin (root god of the universe).
Japanese: その影響を受けている吉田神道では、国之常立神を天之御中主神と同一神とし、大元尊神（宇宙の根源の神）に位置附けた。
English: For example, in Omoto, the root god, Ushitora no Konjin (the Golden God of the Northeast), was considered the same god as Kuninotokotachi no Kami, and the Hitsuki-shinji reveal which occurred to Tenmei OKAMOTO on June 10, 1944 at the Makata-jinja Shrine in Daikata, Narita City, Chiba Prefecture, was also believed to have been by this god.
Japanese: 例えば大本では、根本神である艮の金神は国之常立神と同一神であるとされ、昭和19年昭和19年に千葉県成田市台方の麻賀多神社で岡本天明に降ろされた日月神示もこの神によるものとされる。
English: It is worshipped as the root god of nation forming and the guardian god of national land, and is enshrined in the following shrines.
Japanese: 国土形成の根源神、国土の守護神として信仰され、以下の諸社で祭られている。
English: When Okuninushi was requested by Takemikazuchi to hand over the land at Ashihara no Nakatsukuniheitei, Okuninushi replied that his son, Kotoshiro nushi (a Japanese ancient god) was away fishing at Mihogasaki Cape and would reply.
Japanese: 葦原中国平定において、タケミカヅチらが大国主に対し国譲りを迫ると、大国主は美保ヶ崎で漁をしている息子の事代主が答えると言った。
English: Kotoshiro nushi answered in the affirmative, then tilted the boat with his foot, slapped his hands upside down to transform the boat into a fresh brushwood fence and hid himself in it.
Japanese: 事代主は「承知した」と答え、船を踏み傾け、手を逆さに打って青柴垣に変えて、その中に隠れてしまった。
English: Upon hearing that Takeminakata also gave in to Takemikazuchi, Okuninushi agreed to hand over the land saying that his 180 children would not disobey Amatsu kami (god of heaven) if Kotoshiro nushi was the leader.
Japanese: タケミナカタもタケミカヅチに服従すると、大国主は国譲りを承諾し、事代主が先頭に立てば私の180人の子供たちもは事代主に従って天津神に背かないだろうと言った。
English: Koto in his name can be written in the Chinese character "言" (words) or "事" (events), because there was no distinction between words and events in ancient times.
Japanese: 言とも事とも書くのは、古代において言（言葉）と事（出来事）とを区別していなかったためである。
English: He was originally a god of paddy fields in Katsuragi and assumed the status of a god of oracles by taking over part of the status of Hitokoto nushi (a Japanese ancient god).
Japanese: 元々は葛城の田の神で、一言主の神格の一部を引き継ぎ、託宣の神の格も持つようになった。
English: This is why Kotoshiro nushi held an important position in Katsuragi Dynasty and is regarded as one of the Mikannagi Hasshin.
Japanese: このため、葛城王朝において事代主は重要な地位を占めており、現在でも宮中の御巫八神の一つになっている。
English: Katsuragi has Kamotsuba-jinja Shrine (Gose City, Nara Prefecture), which is the origin of shrines having the names "kamo" in it all over the country, for example Kamo-jinja Shrine (Kamowakeikazuchi-jinja Shrine and Kamomioya-jinja Shrine.
Japanese: 葛城には、事代主を祀る鴨都波神社（奈良県御所市）があり、賀茂神社（賀茂別雷神社・賀茂御祖神社）のような全国の鴨（賀茂・加茂など）と名の付く神社の名前の由来となっている。
English: There is a legend that Kotoshiro nushi, who shut himself up in Aofushigaki in Miho, became Mishima-myojin (the deity of Mishima-jinja Shrine) in Miyake-jima Island one of the seven islands of Izu.
Japanese: 美保で青柴垣に引き籠った事代主神は、伊豆の三宅島で三島明神になったとする伝承もある。
English: The legend also says that he was enshrined in present-day Mishima-taisha Shrine (Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture) after producing 10 islands together with the god of Mt. Fuji.
Japanese: 富士山の神とともに10の島を生み、現在の三嶋大社（静岡県三島市）に鎮座したとする。
English: He is regarded not only as a god of oracles but also as a lover of fishing and is identical to Ebisu (god of fishing and commerce) because he was fishing during the story of giving away control of the land.
Japanese: 託宣神のほか、国譲り神話において釣りをしていたことから釣り好きとされ、海と関係の深いえびすと同一視される。
English: The deity Ebisu, one of the Seven Deities of Good Luck, carries a big sea bream under his arm while holding a fishing rod, and originates in the story of handing over control of the land.
Japanese: 七福神の中のえびすが大鯛を小脇に抱え釣竿を持っているのは、国譲り神話におけるこのエピソードによるものである。
English: He is also enshrined in shrines that are dedicated to Ebisu such as Miho-jinja Shrine (Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture), Nagata-jinja Shrine (Nagata Ward, Kobe City) as well as Imamiya-ebisu-jinja Shrine (Naniwa Ward Osaka Prefecture).
Japanese: 美保神社（島根県松江市）、長田神社（神戸市長田区）のほか、今宮戎神社（大阪市浪速区）などのえびすを祀る神社でも祀られている。
English: However, the name of Imamiya-ebisu-jinja Shrine suggests that 'Imamiya' is originally an abbreviation of 'Ima Nishinomiya.'
Japanese: ただし今宮戎神社については、その名称からして本来は「今西宮」の略であろうと思われる。
English: Therefore it is natural that its enshrined deity was Hiruko like Nishinomiya-jinja Shrine, which presents itself as the Ebisu Sohongu Shrine.
Japanese: 従って祭神は戎総本宮を名乗る西宮神社と同じくヒルコであったと考えるのが自然である。
English: Jichin-sai (also pronounced "tokoshizume no matsuri") is a Japanese word used to describe the ground-breaking ceremony that is performed prior to the construction of an architectural structure or civil engineering work in order to appease the Shinto god or spirit of the land (known in Japanese as the Ujigami, the guardian god or spirit of the family or the community) and receive permission to use the land.
Japanese: 地鎮祭（じちんさい・とこしずめのまつり）は、土木工事や建築などで工事を始める前に行う、その土地の神(神道)（氏神）を鎮め、土地を利用させてもらうことの許しを得る。
English: Generally, it is recognized as a ceremony that seeks the blessing of the god in order to ensure the safety of the construction work, and it is sometimes called Anzen-kigan-sai (a ceremony performed to pray for safety).
Japanese: 一般には、神を祀って工事の無事を祈る儀式と認識されており、安全祈願祭と呼ばれることもある。
English: Usually, green bamboo logs are placed at each of the four corners of the construction site with shimenawa (sacred rice straw ropes) hung between them to form a ceremonial site, after which the ceremony is conducted by a Shinto priest, who plays the role of master of religious ceremonies, in the presence of the builder and the client.
Japanese: 一般には、土地の四隅に青竹を立て、その間を注連縄で囲って祭場となし、斎主たる神職のもと、建築業者・施主の参列の上で執り行う。
English: In the ceremonial site, an eight-legged wooden stand (called hakkyaku-dai) is placed, representing an altar, in the center of which a himorogi (a branch of the evergreen sacred osakaki tree adorned with a gohei (a wooden wand with zigzag paper strips) and yu (wood fiber used to make washi paper), into which the god is invited to descend) is erected.
Japanese: 祭場の中には木の台（八脚台という）を並べ、その中央に神籬（ひもろぎ、大榊に御幣・木綿を付けた物で、これに神を呼ぶ）を立てて祭壇となす。
English: In certain areas like Kansai, sand or salt is sometimes brought from the beach near Ise-jingu Shrine and put in the four corners of the stand.
Japanese: また、関西などの特定の地方によっては伊勢神宮近隣の浜から砂または塩を取り寄せ、四隅に置く場合もある。
English: In some cases, a 'masakaki' which is a sakaki (a branch of the evergreen sacred sakaki tree) decorated with a silk flag that has five colors -- green, yellow, red, white, and blue -- is erected in the left and right sides of the altar.
Japanese: 祭壇の左右に、緑・黄・赤・白・青の五色絹の幟に榊をつけた「真榊」を立てる場合もある。
English: This five-colored silk represents the five elements that form all things in the universe in the Gogyo-setsu (the Theory of the Five Elements), that is, tree, fire, soil, metal, and water.
Japanese: この五色絹は五行説における天地万物を組成している5つの要素、つまり木・火・土・金・水を表している。
English: In Buddhism, Jichin-sai is called Jichin-ho, Chintaku-ho, Anchin-ho which is an abbreviation of Anchin-kokka-fudo-ho, and Jitenku, or popularly Ji-matsuri, Jigatame no ho, and so on.
Japanese: 仏教では、地鎮法、鎮宅法（じちん、ちんたく・ほう）、安鎮法（あんちんほう、安鎮国家不動法の略）、地天供（じてんく）、あるいは俗に地祭り、地堅めの法などともいう。
English: It is performed in the demarcated sacred space, in which a temple, a pagoda, or a tombstone will be built, to appease the souls, including those of the gods of various heavenly worlds and the spirits who died violent deaths, by holding a service for them centering around Jiten (the earth god) and using him as the principal image, to forever avert obstacles and hardship.
Japanese: 堂宇や仏塔、墓碑を建立する前にその土地を結界して、地天を本尊・中心として諸天の天神や、横死した霊魂なども含めて、それらを供養し鎮霊して、永久に障難が及ばないように修する。
English: In the case of buildings like a temple, there is a rite named Chindan-ho, which is held to calm the dirt mound before laying a wooden floor, and Jichin (calming the land) and Chindan (calming the mound) are performed separately.
Japanese: 堂宇などの場合、まだ板敷きを敷かずに土壇を鎮める修法を鎮壇法といい、地鎮と鎮壇を個別に修する。
English: The rite is also performed in Nichiren Shoshu Sect (a school of Nichiren Buddhism based on the teachings of the 13th century Japanese monk, Nichiren Daishonin) in the form of a 'kiko-shiki' (a ground-breaking ceremony), which implies praying for safety in the construction through the purification of the land with the power of the principal image.
Japanese: 日蓮正宗でも「起工式」という形で行われ、本尊の力で土地を清め、工事の安全を祈願する意味合いがある。
English: An altar is built in the center of the site, and following the posting of the joju-honzen (the principal image drawn by a past high priest) of the temple and sutra-chanting by the chief priest, the kuwaire no gishiki (a ground-breaking ritual) is carried out.
Japanese: 敷地中央に祭壇を組み、寺院の常住本尊を掲げて住職の導師により読経・唱題の上、鍬入れの儀式が行われる。
English: The god is informed that a building will be constructed on the land, and Shinto prayers are recited asking him for the safety of the construction to follow.
Japanese: その土地に建物を建てることを神に告げ、以後の工事の安全を祈る旨の祝詞を奏上する。
English: Karisome (the act of mowing the grass), Ugachizome (the act of leveling the land), Kuwaire (the act of plowing the land), and the like are performed.
Japanese: 刈初(かりそめ)、穿初(うがちぞめ)、鍬入(くわいれ)等が行われる。
English: A "Kamidana" (a household Shinto altar) is a shelf used to enshrine the Shinto gods (Shinto) at home, in office, and in other places.
Japanese: 神棚（かみだな）は家や事務所などにおいて神道の神(神道)をまつるための棚である。
English: The one that is commonly seen is a small-sized miyagata (literally, "a shrine shape"), inside which the shinsatsu (ofuda) (the talisman) of the Ise-jingu Shrine, ujigami (literally, "the guardian god of the family or the community"), or the god in whom one believes, is placed.
Japanese: 一般的にみられるのは小型の神社を摸した宮形（みやがた）の中に伊勢神宮や氏神、信仰する神の神札（お札）を入れるものだ。
English: A family like that of a Shinto priest, which conducts a funeral according to Shinto rites, has a kamidana to enshrine the souls of the ancestors, which is equivalent to a butsudan (a Buddhist altar) in Buddhism, and this is called a mitamaya (literally, "the abode of the souls of the dead").
Japanese: 神職の家など神式で葬儀を行う家には、仏教の仏壇に相当する祖先の霊をまつるための神棚があり、これは御霊舎（みたまや）という。
English: There is also a kamidana that enshrines a 'goshintai' (an object of worship that is believed to contain the spirit of a deity), which carries a strong sense of the abode of a deity, instead of a shinsatsu.
Japanese: 他に、神札よりも神の依り代としての意味合いが強い「御神体」をまつる神棚もあるようだ。
English: There is a point of view that in such a case it is more natural to consider it a spin-off of the shrine that has given it the 'goshintai' than to regard it as a kamidana.
Japanese: その場合は神棚ではなく「御神体」を授与した神社の分社とみなすほうが自然だ、とする考え方もある。
English: A kamidana is set up facing south or east near the ceiling of the top floor (or a part of the ceiling above which the upper story does not have a floor) of a room that is as bright and clean as possible.
Japanese: 神棚は、できるだけ明るく正常な場所の、最上階（または上に上階の床のない箇所）の天井近くに南向きまたは東向きに設置する。
English: When it is difficult to be installed on the top floor, it is put in below a piece of paper on which the letter of 'ten' (the sky) or 'kumo' (a cloud) is written.
Japanese: 最上階の設置が困難な場合は「天」または「雲」と書いた紙を天井に貼り、その下に設置する。
English: Although most miyagata to which shinsatsu are offered have one or three spots into which they are put, some large-sized kamidana have more than five or seven.
Japanese: 神札を納める宮形には神札を入れる箇所が3ヶ所のものと1ヶ所のものが多いが、大型の神棚では5ヶ所あるいは7ヶ所以上のものもある。
English: In the case that there are three spaces, the shinsatsu of the Ise-jingu Shrine (a taima) is dedicated in the center, that of the ujigami in the right facing the kamidana, and that of the other revered shrine in the left.
Japanese: 3ヶ所ある場合は、中央に伊勢神宮の神札（大麻）、向かって右に氏神の神札、左にその他の崇敬する神社の神札を納める。
English: In the case that there is one place, three shinsatsu are put together in the following order from the front: the shinsatsu of the Ise-jingu Shrine, that of the ujigami, and that of the revered shrine.
Japanese: 1ヶ所の場合は前から伊勢神宮・氏神・崇敬神社の神札の順に重ねて納める。
English: A shinkyo (literally, "a sacred mirror"), sakaki (sacred evergreens), and tomyo (votive lights) are arranged in front of the kamidana, and shimenawa (sacred rice straw ropes) are hung in front of them.
Japanese: 神棚の正面には神鏡、左右にサカキ、灯明を配し、神棚の前方に注連縄をかける。
English: In addition, masakaki (sacred evergreens decorated with a silk flag that has five colors, i.e., green, yellow, red, white, and blue) (a miniature), decorative tokkuri (sake bottles) (mostly of the kutani ware style) with male and female butterfly-shaped mikiguchi (plaques put on the mouths of the bottles), and gohei (wooden wands decorated with shide (zigzag paper streamers)) (kinpei (gold gohei)) are sometimes included in a set of ritual articles.
Japanese: このほか真榊（まさかき、ミニチュア）、雄蝶・雌蝶といった御酒口（ミキグチ）をあつらえた飾り徳利（多くは九谷焼風）、御幣（金幣）などが神具セットに含まれている場合がある。
English: It is also not uncommon to see different good luck charms (a hamaya (a decorative arrow supposed to ward off evil), a rake, and others) displayed in each household.
Japanese: ほかにも各家庭でさまざまな縁起物（破魔矢、熊手など）が飾られている例が珍しくない。
English: Rinsed rice (or boiled rice), salt, water, and sake are basic to shinsen, but fruit and vegetables, raw fish, dried fish, confectioneries, and others are also offered.
Japanese: 神饌（お供え）としては、洗米(またはご飯)、塩、水、酒が基本であるが、そのほか、青果物、生魚、干物、菓子類などが供えられる。
English: It is considered good to change rice, salt, and water every morning and sake and sakaki twice a month (usually the first and the fifteenth of the month, or else a day remembered in connection with the saijin (the god to whom the shrine is dedicated) whose name is written on the enshrined shinsatsu).
Japanese: 米、塩、水は毎朝、酒及び榊は月に2度（通常は1日と15日、ほかに祀っている神札の祭神にゆかりの日）新しいものと取り換えるのがよいとされている。
English: The arrangement of shinsen is as follows when there are rice, salt, and water: water, rice, and salt from the left facing the kamidana or water and salt from the left in the first row and rice in the second.
Japanese: 神饌の置き方は、米・塩・水の場合、向かって左から水・米・塩、向かって左から水・塩、2列目に米とする。
English: When there are rice, salt, water, and sake, they are placed in the following order from the left facing the kamidana: water, sake, rice, and salt, or water and salt in the first row and sake and rice in the second, or water and salt in the first, sake in the second, and rice in the third.
Japanese: 米・塩・水・酒の場合、向かって左から水・酒・米・塩、もしくは向かって左から水・塩、2列目に酒・米、向かって左から水・塩、2列目に酒・酒、3列目に米とする。
English: It is desirable for the entire family together to thank the god for his constant divine protection and pray for future safety and happiness following the presentation of shinsen, but when this is not possible each member may offer a prayer before going out.
Japanese: 神饌を供えたら家族そろって日ごろの神の加護を感謝し、これからの安全と幸福を祈るのが望ましいが、これができない場合は各自外出前に祈ってもよい。
English: The style of worship at the kamidana that is recommended by the Association of Shinto Shrine is the same as the one used to worship at the shrine, which is 'nirei nihakushu ichirei' (two bows, two claps, and one bow), but there are various styles of worship like 'nirei yonhakushu ichirei' (two bows, four claps, and one bow).
Japanese: 神社本庁が推奨する神棚への拝礼方法は神社と同様「二礼二拍手一礼」であるが、「二礼四拍手一礼」などさまざまな流儀がある。
English: A kamidana is placed in many martial arts dojos, but in the Edo Period it was not a kamidana but a kamidoko (an alcove in which a kakejiku (a hanging scroll) is hung) that was installed.
Japanese: 武道の道場にはよく神棚が祭られているが、江戸時代の道場では神棚ではなく、掛け軸が床にかける神床であった。
English: A kakejiku bearing the names of the two pillar gods, 'the Kashima-jingu Shrine' (Takemikazuchi) and 'the Katori-jingu Shrine' (Futsunushi no kami) who are referred to as 'the god of swords, the god of war' in the Japanese mythology, such as "the Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) and "the Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), was placed.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』や『古事記』など日本神話から「剣の神、武の神」とされた「鹿島神宮」（タケミカヅチ）と「香取神宮」（経津主神）の二柱の神名を書いた掛け軸がかけられた。
English: In the last days of the Tokugawa shogunate, as the idea of Sonno Joi (slogan advocating reverence for the Emperor and the expulsion of foreigners) gained momentum, the one containing the names of the three pillar gods with the addition of 'the Ise-jingu Shrine' (Amaterasu Omikami (the sun goddess)) in the center was used.
Japanese: さらに幕末期には尊皇攘夷思想の高まりとともに「伊勢神宮」（天照大神）を中央に加えた三柱の神名を書いた掛け軸が使われた。
English: After gekiken (renamed kendo after kenjutsu) and jujutsu (later changed to judo) were introduced to extracurricular lessons in junior high school under the old education system in 1911, what was installed in martial arts dojos became a kamidana.
Japanese: 明治44年に旧制中学校の課外授業に撃剣（剣術後に剣道と改称）、柔術（後に柔道にかわる）が採用になって以降、武道の道場に設けられるのは神棚となった。
English: The Japanese national flag was hoisted below it, and keiko (practice) was performed in the form of shinzen-keiko (practice according to Shinto rites) which included worshipping to enter the dojo.
Japanese: 神棚の下に日本の国旗が掲揚され、道場入室の際に神拝がおこなわれるなど神前稽古の形式で稽古が行われた。
English: When budo (martial arts) was resumed after being forbidden in school education by the General Headquarters following the World War II, the kamidana was removed from many public school dojos based on the separation of religion and state.
Japanese: 第二次世界大戦後の連合国軍最高司令官総司令部の学校教育への武道禁止の後、武道再開の際、政教分離によって多くの公立の学校道場から神棚が撤去された。
English: While it remains in some public and many private schools, it is not set up in public judo or kendo training halls when they are newly built.
Japanese: 一部の国公立校、多くの私立校では神棚が残っているが、公立の柔道場や剣道場の新設と同時に設置されることはない。
English: The altars established for the sakazuki-goto events of the organized groups of gangsters look similar in form to the kamidoko placed in budo-dojos, but they do not fall under the kamidana category as they are not permanent.
Japanese: 暴力団の盃事（さかづきごと）の際に設営される祭壇は武道道場の神床と類似した形態にみえるが、常設のものではないため、神棚の範疇には含めない。
English: This practice is more like the custom of hanging a kakejiku, on which the names of the gods are written, in the tokonoma (alcove in a traditional Japanese room where art or flowers are displayed) of a zashiki (a tatami-matted, Japanese-style room for receiving guests) at wedding and other events.
Japanese: むしろ、婚礼などの際に座敷の床の間に神名を記した掛け軸を祀る風習に近い。
English: It is often the case that bakuto put a kakejiku that has a width of three pieces of standard-width cloths containing the names of the two pillar gods, 'the Hachiman-shin or Yawata no kami' (the god of war) and 'the Kasuga-taisha Shrine', or alternatively 'the Emperor Kanmu' and 'the Emperor', on either side of 'the Amaterasu Omikami', and tekiya the one bearing the names of 'the Amaterasu Omikami' and 'the Emperor' on either side of 'the Shinno' (the god of agriculture and medicine).
Japanese: 博徒では「天照大神」の左右に「八幡神」と「春日大社」のニ柱の神名もしくは「神武天皇」と「天皇」など、的屋の場合は「神農」の左右に「天照大神」と「天皇」の三幅の掛け軸がまつられる場合が多い。
English: It is written Umashiashikabihikoji no Kami (宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神) in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters), and Umashiashikabihikoji no Mikoto (可美葦牙彦舅尊) in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan).
Japanese: 古事記では宇摩志阿斯訶備比古遅神、日本書紀では可美葦牙彦舅尊と表記する。
English: In Kojiki, it is described as the god created by matter growing like budding reed, after the appearance of Zoka-sanshin (three gods of creation), when the world on earth was like oil floating on water, drifting around in chaos like jellyfish.
Japanese: 古事記では、造化三神が現れた後、まだ地上世界が水に浮かぶ脂のようで、クラゲのように混沌と漂っていたときに、葦が芽を吹くように萌え伸びるものによって成った神としている。
English: It is described as the first god to appear in the Arufumi (supplement volumes of explanatory notes in Nihonshoki) Vol. 2 and 3, and the second god to appear in the Arufumi Vol. 6.
Japanese: 第2・第3の一書では最初に現れた神、第6の一書では2番目に現れた神としている。
English: It is a hitorigami (god without gender) who is described as having gone into hiding immediately, with no comment on the circumstances, and does not appear in Japanese mythology thereafter.
Japanese: 独神であり、すぐに身を隠したとあるだけで事績は書かれておらず、これ以降日本神話には登場しない。
English: The word 'Umashi' in the shinmei (name of god) is a eulogistic name for something good, as in 'umashi-kuni.'
Japanese: 神名の「ウマシ」は「うまし国」などというのと同じで良いものを意味する美称である。
English: The word 'Ashi' is reed, 'kabi' is cognate with mold, meaning something that ferments and buds.
Japanese: 「アシ」はアシ、「カビ」はカビと同源で、醗酵するもの、芽吹くものを意味する。
English: The word 'Hikoji' means a male, but this god is a hitorigami and has no gender.
Japanese: 「ヒコヂ」は男性を表す語句であるが、この神は独り神であり性別を持たない。
English: It is believed that due to the vigor of reeds budding, it was considered the 'god of yang,' influenced by the cosmic dual forces ideology introduced from China, and the word 'hiko' which is indicative of male was included in the shinmei.
Japanese: 葦が芽吹く力強さから、中国から伝わった陰陽思想の影響により「陽の神」とみなされ、「ヒコ」という男性を表す言葉が神名に入ったものと考えられる。
English: It is enshrined in the Honden (main shrine) Okyaku-za of Izumo-taisha Shrine (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture), Ukishima-jinja Shrine (Toon City, Ehime Prefecture), etc.
Japanese: 出雲大社（島根県出雲市）本殿御客座、浮島神社（愛媛県東温市）などに祀られている。
English: Yaoyorozu (8 million)' appearing in the expression 'Yaoyorozu no Kami' is an example of a large number.
Japanese: 「八百万（やおよろず）の神」と言う場合の「八百万」は数が多いことの例えである。
English: While Shinto's multitude of kami are 'humanized divinities' who have the same form and attributes as humans, they are also 'guardian gods' that bestow blessings on the living; however, such kami are also capable of tormenting or harassing the living.
Japanese: 神道の神々は人と同じような姿や人格を有する「人格神」であり、現世の人間に恩恵を与える「守護神」であるが、祟る性格も持っている。
English: (Refer to 'To curse') It is precisely because of this capacity to cause disasters and other misfortunes that kami are to be feared.
Japanese: （「祟り」参照）災害をもたらし、祟るからこそ、神は畏れられたのである。
English: 3. Kami that are thought to be deified individuals that have come into existence as a result of the deification of ancient leaders, influential personages and the like (euhemerism).
Japanese: 3.古代の指導者・有力者などを神格化したと思われる神（エウヘメリズム）
English: 6. Emperors are kami that in the sense that monarchs are considered 'divine' according to the "Theory of the divine right of kings".
Japanese: 6.王権神授説（Theoryofthedivinerightofkings）における「divine」としての神（天皇）
English: In ancient Japan, people felt that there was something awe-inspiring about the mountains, rivers, giant rocks, giant trees, animals, plants, and other such elements of nature, as well as natural phenomena such as fire, rain, wind, thunder, and the like.
Japanese: 古代の日本人は、山、川、巨石、巨木、動物、植物などといった自然物、火、雨、風、雷などといった自然現象の中に、神々しい「何か」を感じ取った。
English: This sense remains as a fundamental underpinning of Shinto to this day, and Yakumo KOIZUMI maintains that this is 'the sensibility of Shinto'.
Japanese: この感覚は今日でも神道の根本として残るものであり、小泉八雲はこれを「神道の感覚」と呼んでいる。
English: Upon being instilled with a sense that these were anger (curse) of 'something' awe-inspiring, people in ancient Japan began to venerate of natural entities and phenomona, seeking to placate the anger when they thought that the awe inspiring entity or phenomenon was angry (and would impart misfortune), or to seek blessings.
Japanese: 古代人はこれを神々しい「何か」の怒り（祟り）と考え、怒りを鎮め、恵みを与えてくれるよう願い、それを崇敬するようになった。
English: With respect to the third category, the Emperor was said to be a "living god" prior to WWII, and this held true not only within the confines of Shinto thought, but in the realm of politics as well, where the Emperor was also considered to be a kami.
Japanese: 3.については、日本において天皇のことを戦前は現人神と呼び、神道上の概念としてだけでなく、政治上においても神とされていたことが挙げられる。
English: At present, as a result of the proclamation by Emperor Showa after WWII that he was a human being and not a god, the role of the Emperor in the political realm, and the relationship of the Emperor to the people has changed.
Japanese: 現在では、昭和天皇によるいわゆる人間宣言により政治との関わり、国民との関係は変わった。
English: However, within the institutional confines of the Shinto religion, the existence of the Emperor as bloodline descendent of the sun goddess, Amaterasu Omikami, still occupies an important position, and the Emperor is positioned at the summit of the religious beliefs and practices.
Japanese: だが、神道においては天照大御神の血を引くとされる天皇の存在は現在も大きな位置を占め、信仰活動の頂点として位置付けられている。
English: In addition, there are examples of individuals who having been influential in their eras have come to be venerated as kami after their deaths (e.g. Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI as the Toyokuni Daimyojin, and Ieyasu TOKUGAWA as Tosho Daigongen); examples of individuals who, after losing some sort of struggle for power or being punished as traitors, have come to be venerated as kami so as to placate their anger (e.g., SUGAWARA no Michizane, TAIRA no Masamune), are also included in this category.
Japanese: また、その時代の有力者を死後に神として祭る例（豊臣秀吉＝豊国大明神、徳川家康東照大権現ど）や、権力闘争に敗れまた逆賊として処刑された者を、後世において「怒りを鎮める」という意味で神として祭る例（菅原道真、平将門など）もこの分類に含まれる。