… In Japan, there are two occasions for pounding mochi: on special occasions such as religious festivals and rites of passage, and to prepare mochi as an everyday food. The special occasions for pounding mochi are ritual foods such as white mochi, as typified by kagami mochi, and it is thought that the background to this is the belief in the spirit of rice (inada). In other words, rice begins as a single grain of rice seed that germinates, and after planting, it tillers and produces many ears of rice. … *Some of the terminology used in relation to "rice spirit belief" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
… 日本において餅を搗く機会は神祭や通過儀礼などの非日常のおりと,日常の食物としての餅を調製する目的との二つがあった。非日常の餅としては鏡餅に代表される白餅をはじめとした儀礼的食物であるが,その背景には稲霊(いなだま)信仰があったと考えられる。すなわち,稲は1粒の種子籾が発芽し,田植後は分げつして多くの穂を実らせていく。… ※「稲霊信仰」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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