"Namazu-e" redirects here. For the Pokemon, see Namazun. For the song, see Fauna (Oh Land album).
An image of humans battling a Namazu
In Japanese mythology, the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes.
The creature lives under the islands of Japan and is guarded by the god Takemikazuchi enshrined at Kashima, who restrains the catfish with a stone. When the Kashima-god lets his guard fall, Namazu thrashes about, causing violent earthquakes.
In Japanese mythology, the Namazu (鯰) or Ōnamazu (大鯰) is a giant underground catfish who causes earthquakes. The creature lives under the islands of Japan...
Kashima shrines). In the namazu-e or catfish prints of the Edo period, Takemikazuchi/Kashima is depicted attempting to subdue the Namazu, a giant catfish supposedly...
upon people as revenge. In Japanese mythology, Namazu (鯰) is a giant catfish who causes earthquakes. Namazu lives in the mud beneath the earth and is guarded...
catfish called Namazu. There are other kami associated with earthquakes. In Kyoto it's usually an eel, but after the 1855 Edo earthquake Namazu-e (鯰絵, "catfish...
weeks. Most of the prints depicted giant catfish, a type of image known as Namazu-e. The significance being that earthquakes at the time were popularly attributed...
and a dog (the monkey god and the dog god are the two gods who control Namazu in Japanese folklore). Chữ Hán can be found throughout the bridge and temple...
background to the right. The man is apparently attempting to catch a catfish (namazu) that is swimming past. The work was inspired by a riddle set by Ashikaga...
the correct term would be jishin uo (地震魚, lit. 'earthquake fish'); cf. Namazu-e or 'catfish pictures'. Japanese folklorist Taryō Ōbayashi [ja] has explained...
Jinmenken A human-faced dog mentioned in Japanese urban legends. Jishin-namazu A giant catfish dwelling beneath the earth, which causes earthquakes and...
were blamed by many Japanese on a giant catfish (Namazu) thrashing about, Ukiyo-e prints depicting namazu became very popular during this time. The wreckage...
alchemical writings of Paracelsus Abaia Gurangatch Hippocamp Ika-Roa Isonade Namazu Ningyo Kun Salmon of Wisdom Shachihoko (Japanese) – a creature with the...
earthquakes were blamed on a giant catfish (Namazu) thrashing about.[by whom?] Ukiyo-e prints depicting namazu became very popular around this time. 1854...
to take them to his apartment. There he explains the legend of the worm Namazu, and that he is the last descendant of a family that, for many generations...
an earthquake is imminent. In Japanese mythology, a giant catfish named Namazu causes earthquakes as he moves below the Earth's surface. Froese, Rainer;...
women. Watuwe the Mystic Crocodile Japan lacks a major flood myth. The namazu is considered a creature that brings earthquakes, which in turn bring tsunamis...
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blamed the earthquakes and tsunamis on a wallowing giant catfish named Namazu thrashing about. The name of the Japanese era was changed to bring good...
detailed, structuralist study of catfish images (namazu-e). The book was translated in Japan in 1979 as Namazu-e. Minzokuteki Sôzôryoku No Sekai 鯰 絵 - 民俗的想像力の世界...
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