The Project Gutenberg eBook of Shinto, by W. G. (William George) Aston

Garlic, power against demons, 336
Gate-Gods, 168, 282, 308
Gateway, honorary. See Toriwi.
Genealogy, 120
Generative power personified, 186
Gender neglected in Japanese Grammar, 22
Geomancy, 344
Ghost, 14, 49, 53, 171, 181, 208, 210
Gideon's fleece, 345
Gion, ceremonies at, 258
Godzu Tennō, 137, 139
Gohei, 216, 264, 304, 354. See Kushi.
Gohei-katsugi, 217
Good-luck, Gods of, 199
Goriōye, 31, 88, 141, 189
Gourd deified, 316
Gowland, Mr. W., 55, 57
Grain-Gods. See Ukemochi and Inari.
Grain, worship of, 160
Grass and herbs, God of. See Kaya nu hime.
Gratitude a source of religion, 5, 183, 210, 268-9, 285
Great purification. See Ohoharahi.
Greater Divination, 339
Greene, Dr., 375
Griffis, Dr., 127, 194, 198, 260, 331, 359
Growth deified, 86. See Musubi
Gruel-Divination, 341
Guide-Gods, 197
Gyōgi, 361

Hachiman, 178, 19, 42, 325
Hachōji (eight princes), 97
Hades. See Yomi.
Hafuri, 204. See Oho-hafuri
Hafuri-tsu-mono, 205
Haiden (oratory), 226
Haigi or Hahiki no kami, 146, 282
Hair and nails in witchcraft, 332
Haiten (deification), 41
Haku, 202
Hamayumi, 314, 335
Haniwa (clay rings), 57
Haniyasu hime, 146
Harahi (purification), mythic origin, 96; also 264, 303, 317, 365
Harahi-bako, 304, 343
Harahi-tsu-mono, 263, 203, 301-2
Harahi-tsu-tachi, 306
Hare and Ohonamochi, 105
Harp divination, 342
Hartland, Mr. S., 50, 97
Harvest Gods, 164
Harvest festival. See Nihi-name.
Harvest, praying for. See Toshi-gohi.
Hashira (pillar), 71
Hatsu no hinode, 128
Hayato (Imperial Guards), 115
Haya-aki-tsu-hime, 302
Haya-sasura-hime, 302
Haya-tama no wo, 260
Hearn, Lafcadio, 44, 145
Heaven. See Ame, Ten, Tien.
Heaven-and-Earth, 35, 370-1
Height equivalent to excellence, 8
Hell, Buddhist, 367, 181-2
Hemp, offerings of, 213, 264
Hereditary offices, 183
Hettsui. See Kitchen furnace.
Hiko and hime, 20, 38, 132
Himachi, 128
Himorogi, 223, 226, 304, 260
Hirano festival, 279
Hirata, 373, 4, 22, 25, 168, 235
Hirose, 321
Hiruko, 90-1, 132
Hirume, 116, 125. See Sun-Goddess.
Hito-bashira, 219
Hito-dama, 50
Hito-gata, human figures offered to Gods, 219
Hito-koto-nushi, 41
Hitomaro, 48, 183
Hobby-horses, 222
Hōben, 360
Hogmanay, 312
Hohodemi, 113
Hokora, 223
Holly, 313
Homer, 215; purification in, 295
Homusubi, 93, 159. See Fire-God.
Horses as offerings, 310, 322
House-Gods, 167, 287, 290. See Yabune.
House-cleaning, 313
Ho-shidzume, 315. See Fire.
Huacas of Peru, 9
Human sacrifice, 56, 151-2, 219-20
Hyaku-do-ishi, 232
Hypnotism, 354, 349

Ichiko, 206, 357
Ichi no miya, 144
Idea of God, 6
Idols, 71-3, 22
Idzumo, 108, 105, 103
Idzumo Fudoki, 3
Iha-naga-hime, 112
Ihashimidzu, 178. See Hachiman.
Ikadzuchi, 157, 155
Iki (breath, life), 51
Ikigami (living deity), 44
Iki mitama (living soul), 52
Ikudama, 143
Ikukuni, 143
Iku-wi, 154
Imagination, 18, 22, 24, 21, 23, 77
Imbe, 202, 112, 1, 98, 184
Imi, 256, 202, 246, 271, 273
Imi-bashira, 167
Imi-dono, 205
Imitative magic, 101, 153, 330, 99
Immortality, 13-14
Impersonal habit of Japanese mind, 67
Impetuous male, 141. See Suma no wo.
Implements worshipped, 73
Impurity. See Uncleanness.
In and Yō. See Yin and Yang.
Inada hime, 138
Inao, 193
Inari, 162, 6, 34, 63, 67, 355
Inauspicious words, 255
Incantations, 329, 336
Incarnation of the God in his prophet or priest, 376, 70, 177
Incense, 213, 292, 354
Incest, 300, 64, 91
Individuals, Gods of, 15
Individual men deified, 36, 177
Infinite, 73
Inspiration, 348, 98. See Oracle.
Inugami, 332
Invocation. See Kami-oroshi.
Iron fish-hooks, 115
Ishi-kori-dome, 184
Ishigami, 341
Ise shrines, 229
" festival on removal of, 287
Iyeyasu, 183
Izanagi and Izanami, 86, 171, 69, 96

Jevons, 24, 90
Jewels as offerings, 218
Jewel-makers, 185, 290
Jewel-spear of Heaven, 87
Ji-chin-sai, 143
Jigoku, 54, 367
Ji-matsuri, 143
Jimmu Tenno, 116, 115
Jingikwan, 200, 202, 162, 184
Ji no myōhō, 376
Jizō, 189, 191
Junshi (self-sacrifice at tomb), 59

Kadomatsu, 191
Kadori, 92, 115
Kaempfer, 36, 41
Kagami-mochi, 313
Kagase-wo, 71, 142
Kage-zen, 52
Kagura, 227, 238, 101, 184
Kagutsuchi, 92, 159
Kaji-so-sha, 48
Kamado no Kami. See Kitchen furnace.
Kami, 7-10
Kami-agari, 340
Kami-dana, 217, 231, 305
Kami-gi, 165
Kami-na-dzuki, 145
Kami-oroshi, 342, 217, 304, 340
Kamu-be, 207
Kamu-image, 279
Kamu-musubi, 173-4
Kamu-miso no matsuri, 287
Kama-naobi, 290
Kamunoko, 206
Kamurogi and Kamuromi, 173, 275, 289, 296
Kaname-ishi, 147, 260
Kangakari, 349
Kan-name, 278
Kannushi, 204
Kappa, 153
Kasedori, 331
Kashihade, 209
Kashikodokoro, 291
Kashima, 92, 155, 157, 370
Kasuga no matsuri, 317
Kataribe, 2, 273
Katashiro, 263
Kaya nu hime, 166
Kedzurikake, 191-2
Kega (wound or uncleanness), 253
Kidzuki, 145
King-post, 90
Kiri-bi (sacred fire), 257
Kiri-nusa, 296
Kitano, 182
Kitsune-tsukahi, 344
Kitchen furnace, God of, 159, 16-17, 73, 146, 272, 280, 322, 329. See Haniyasu.
Kiu (festival for rain), 286
Kiujiki, 3
Kneeling, 209
Kōbōdaishi, 361
Kodama (echo), 9, 67
Kogoshiui, 3
Kojiki, 2, 84
Kojikiden, 373
Komagata, 222, 67
Kompira, 230
Konohana Sakuyahime, 112
Ko-nusa, 343
Korea, 1, 102, 156, 305
Koto-shiro-nushi, 185, 111
Kowameshi, 194
Koyane, 183, 20, 46, 100-01, 201, 317, 339
Kteis, 186, 194, 197, 334
Kugedachi, 348
Kuhabara, 337
Kuji. See Lots.
Kukunochi, 166-7, 290. See Tree-God.
Kumaso, 64
Kunado, 187, 189, 33, 40, 94, 110, 306, 341. See Phallic deities.
Kunari no kami, 144
Kunidama, 143-4
Kunitokotachi, 175, 85, 68, 362, 375
Kusanagi (name of sword), 104
Kushi, 216, 297
Kushi-iha-mado, 168, 308
Kushinada hime, 103
Kuyebiko, 71

Lang, Mr. A., 61, 108
Language, myth arising from perversion of, 132
Laotze, 38, 361
Laughing festival, 6
Law, 242-3, 245
Leanness unclean, 253
Learning, God of. See Temmangu.
Leech-child. See Hiruko.
Left and right, precedence of, 129
Legend and myth, 116
Lemuria, 309
Leprosy, 252, 300, 332
Lite, God of, 174. See Breath.
Light and darkness myth, 101
Literal-minds, 18, 24, 50-51, 80-81
Liturgy, 100. See Norito.
Live bow, 107
Lloyd, Rev. A., 375
Lots, 343
Lowell, Mr. P., 24, 354
Luck, 309. See Tsuina.
Luck, Gods of, 95
Luck-wishing, 287
Lupercalia, 190
Lustration, 96, 259, 294-5
Lying stigmatized, 242M