i-omante (English spelling)

Japanese: i-omante(英語表記)iomante
i-omante (English spelling)

…This aspect is also closely related to ritual acts. The Iomante is a ritual that reflects animism very well. Today, Iomante is sometimes interpreted as the same as the Bear Festival, or the ritual to send off the bear god, but it was also called this in cases where it was a ritual to send off a particularly important animal god other than the bear god.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "i-omante" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また,この側面は儀礼行為と密接に関連している。〈イオマンテi‐omante〉はアニミズムのきわめてよく反映された儀礼である。イオマンテは今日では〈熊祭=熊神送りの儀礼〉と同様に解されることもあるが,熊神以外のとくに重要な動物神を送る儀礼の場合でもそう呼ばれることがあった。…

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