Kandachi - Kandachi

Japanese: カンダチ - かんだち
Kandachi - Kandachi

...In the third volume of the Man'yoshu, there is an example of the term "Ikazuchi," where ika is the root of an adjective meaning "severe," and tsuchi is the name of a spirit associated with a snake, just like the tsuchi in "Mizuchi (蛟)." In the local dialect, it is called kandachi, which means a divine revelation, and amaru, which refers to a thunderbolt, is said to mean "amoru (descending from heaven)." Both of these indicate the idea that thunder is a god, and it was once believed that gods descended to this world with the light of purple lightning and gold wire....

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kandachi" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…《万葉集》巻三に〈伊加土(いかづち)〉という用語例があり,イカは〈厳〉を意味する形容詞の語根で,ツチは〈ミヅチ(蛟)〉のツチと同じく蛇の連想を有する精霊の名であったらしい。方言にカンダチといっているが,これは神の示現という意味であり,落雷をアマルというのも〈アモル(天降る)〉の意味だとされている。これらはいずれも雷を神とする考えを示すもので,かつては神が紫電金線の光をもってこの世に下るものと考えられていたのである。…

※「カンダチ」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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