Mount Akagi faith

Japanese: 赤城山信仰 - あかぎさんしんこう
Mount Akagi faith

...The reason it was called Ishigami is because there is a huge rock called Hitsugiishi on the northwest ridge of Sanyazawa Akagi Shrine, which is one of the ancient ritual sites and is considered to be an iwakura. However, today, the center of worship at Mount Akagi is the swamp god, and the swamp god is also central to the Akagiyama Engi in the Shintoshu and the later Akagiyama Gohonji. The Shintoshu records that Akagi Sansho Myojin was formed by adding Kakuman Daibosatsu (Jizogatake, Jizo Bosatsu) to the two shojin of Akagi Daimyojin (Oonuma, Honchi Senju Kannon) and Takanobe Daimyojin (Konuma, Kokuzo Bosatsu). ...

*Some of the terminology referenced in "Mount Akagi faith" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…石神と称されたのは,三夜沢赤城神社の北西尾根に櫃石(ひつぎいし)と呼ぶ巨石があるためで,これは古代祭祀遺跡の一つで磐座(いわくら)とみなされている。しかし今日では赤城山信仰の中心は沼神におかれており,《神道集》の赤城山縁起や後の《赤城山御本地》などでも沼神が中心になっている。《神道集》には赤城大明神(大沼,本地千手観音),高野辺大明神(小沼,虚空蔵菩薩)の二所明神に覚満大菩薩(地蔵岳,地蔵菩薩)を加えて赤城三所明神が成立したと記されている。…

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