Folklore. Astrolabe Chart Data Input sample page. Super Japanese Ghouls 'n Ghosts. Japanese folklore has a rich and terrifying tradition of all sorts of zany ghosts, ghouls, monsters, and goblins. Japanese ghosts collectively known as yūrei (幽霊), and Japanese monsters collectively known as yōkai (妖怪) are arguably the most popular. But how many traditional Japanese spooks do you actually know anything about? Read on to see what you should really be afraid of this Halloween. Traditional Japanese Ghosts Traditional Japanese beliefs state that every human being has a soul called a reikon (霊魂).
However, if a person dies an unnatural, traumatic death, or if their final rites aren’t properly performed, the reikon becomes a yūrei and starts wreaking havoc on everyone’s sanity. These ghosts dwell on Earth, haunting its fleshy inhabitants. Onryō – 怨霊 Onryō are female ghosts who were abused or neglected by their lovers in life. Ubume – 産女 Women who die in childbirth or without providing for their children before death are classified as ubume. Goryō – 御霊 Funayūrei – 船幽霊 Kappa – 河童. The Tree Of Knowledge (Terence McKenna) [FULL] Finnish paganism. The elk is a common image in many Finnish petroglyphs Finnish paganism shows many similarities with the religious practices of neighbouring cultures, such as Germanic, Norse and Baltic paganism.
However, it has some distinct differences due to the Uralic and Finnic culture of the region. Finnish paganism provided the inspiration for a contemporary pagan movement Suomenusko (Finnish: Finnish faith), which is an attempt to reconstruct the old religion of the Finns. Deities[edit] The Finnish pagans were polytheistic, believing in a number of different deities.
Finnish paganism was based on deities of nature, and it evolved in a time where the Finns were highly dependent on the natural world for survival. Major deities[edit] Several key deities were venerated across nearly all of Finland and Karelia. Haltija[edit] Local animistic deities, known as haltijas, were also worshipped. Maan Haltija[edit] Väki Haltija[edit] Different elements and environments had their own haltijas. Soul[edit] Burial[edit]
Psychopomp. In Jungian psychology, the psychopomp is a mediator between the unconscious and conscious realms. It is symbolically personified in dreams as a wise man or woman, or sometimes as a helpful animal. In many cultures, the shaman also fulfills the role of the psychopomp. This may include not only accompanying the soul of the dead, but also vice versa: to help at birth, to introduce the newborn child's soul to the world (p. 36 of).[2] This also accounts for the contemporary title of "midwife to the dying", or "End of Life Doula" which is another form of psychopomp work. By region[edit] Africa[edit] Dead ancestors Egypt[edit] Nigeria[edit] Americas[edit] Aztec[edit] Xolotl Cahuilla[edit] Muut Inuit[edit] Mayan[edit] Ixtab United States[edit] Asia[edit] China[edit] Japan[edit] Shinigami Mesopotamia[edit] Namtar Persia[edit] Mithra Philippines[edit] Europe[edit] Anglo-Saxon[edit] Wōden Celtic[edit] Etruscan[edit] Greek[edit] Norse[edit] Roman[edit] Slavic[edit] Spanish[edit] Santa Compaña Welsh[edit] Gwyn ap Nudd Polynesia[edit]
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