Kamanari Shinto Ritual

Japanese: 釜鳴神事 - かまなりしんじ
Kamanari Shinto Ritual

…Here, an old woman called Asome burns a kettle to the sound of prayers, and the ritual of predicting good and bad luck by the rumble of the kettle is still performed upon request. This is the so-called Kibitsumiya Kamanari Ceremony, and since the Heian period, its miraculous powers have been publicized in the capital. The legend of the mysterious kettle rumble has also been the subject of the Noh song "Kibitsumiya" and Ueda Akinari's "Ugetsu Monogatari." …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the Kamanari Shinto Ritual is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ここでは阿曾女(あそめ)とよばれる老女が祝詞に合わせて釜をたき,釜の鳴動によって吉凶を占う神事が現在も依頼に応じて随時行われている。これがいわゆる吉備津宮の釜鳴神事で,平安時代からこの霊験が都にも喧伝された。また釜鳴の怪異伝説は謡曲《吉備津宮》や上田秋成《雨月物語》などの素材にもなっている。…

※「釜鳴神事」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。

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