Wednesday, August 17, 2005
Shrine Rope
Shimenawa, first appearing in the mythology when it was used to rope up the cave that the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu, came out of, to make sure that she did not go back into the cave and throw the world into perpetual night once again.
Labels: japan, japanese culture, nihonbunka, 日本文化
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