...It is thought to be an origin of the faith of fishermen who made the sea their base of life. It is also related to the faith in the afterlife at sea, which imagines a land of the dead or a land of eternity beyond the sea, and is thought to have arisen from the faith of fishermen who called driftwood Ebisu, who likely recognized the power of the afterlife at sea to transform misfortune into good fortune. The spread of the faith in Ebisu is thought to be related to the development of commerce from the Middle Ages onwards. ... *Some of the terminology that refers to "otherworld at sea" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…海を生活の基盤としてきた海人(あま)などの信仰によって成立した縁起であると考えられる。また,海の彼方に死者の国や常世の国を想定してきた,海上他界への信仰にも関連を有するのであり,漂流物をえびすと称する漁民の信仰によっていると考えられ,厄を福に転化することのできる力を海上他界に認めたものであろう。 えびす信仰の伝播には,中世以降の商業の発展との関連が考えられる。… ※「海上他界」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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