Okina Inari - Okina Inari

... There are three types of popular deities that appear: (1) those that fly into the sky, (2) those that wash ashore at sea, and (3) those that appear in the ground or underwater. In these cases, there is a tendency to exaggerate the miracles, and to explain this, the form of possession by a deity is often used. For example, according to the legend of Okina Inari in Nihonbashi, during the Horeki era (1751-64), a copper statue of Inari was found when the ground was dug up during road repair work. When the locals placed it in the guardhouse, a small shrine was built in the firebreak because the guardhouse was considered unclean, and Okina Inari was enshrined there. ...

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…　流行神出現の形式については，(1)天空飛来型，(2)海上漂着型，(3)土水中出現型の三つのタイプがあり，その際，霊験を誇張して説く傾向があり，それを説明するために，しばしば神がかりの形式がとられている。たとえば，日本橋翁稲荷の縁起によると，宝暦(1751‐64)のころ，道路補修工事があり，地面を掘ると，銅製の稲荷の神像が出てきた。町内の者が番屋に安置しておいたところ，番屋は不浄だからというので火除地に小祠が設けられて，翁稲荷としてそこにまつられた。…

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