Otogui Shinto Ritual

Japanese: 御鳥喰神事 - おとぐいのしんじ

〘 noun 〙 A Shinto ritual in which offerings are made to birds (usually crows) and the will of the gods is ascertained by the way they peck at the offerings. At Shidoishi Shrine in Suo-Oshima Town, Oshima County, Yamaguchi Prefecture, the ritual was originally held from the 11th to the 14th of the first month of the lunar calendar. In Shikino, Iwakuni City, a similar event is held as a New Year's event at households on the 13th of the 9th lunar calendar, and in the Tohoku region on the 11th of the first day of the New Year, the first day of the New Year.

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Japanese:

〘名〙鳥（多くは烏）に神供をそなえ、ついばむ様子によって神意をうかがう神事。山口県大島郡周防大島町の志度石神社では、もと陰暦一月一一日から一四日までの神事。岩国市師木野では陰暦九月一三日、東北地方では正月一一日の鍬初めの日に、家々の正月行事として同様のことが行なわれる。

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