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しめ縄: rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
しめ縄 shimenawa
rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil
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しめ縄と、神楽という神にささげるおどりは、この話から始まったといわれています。
It is said that the sacred rope and kagura, the dances offered to the gods, began with this story.
フトダマが、後ろにしめ縄を張ったので、アマテラスは、もう洞くつに戻れなくなり、世界に光が戻りました。
Futodama stretched a sacred rope behind her, so Amaterasu could no longer go back into the cave, and light returned to the world.
From the lesson 天岩戸