как говорится, "век живи, век учись, дураком помрешь".
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Visiting Japanese temples, eventually you will wonder who are the characters represented so often by larger-than-life sculptures placed inside many temple gates… One of them is Raijin, the Japanese god of thunder and lightning (his name comes from rai “thunder” and shin “god"). One of the oldest Japanese deities, Raijin is an original Shinto god, also known as kaminari (from kami “spirit” or “deity” and nari “thunder") .
Represented as a red demon surrounded by a circle of drums (the “thunder"), his image is quite scary, but the Japanese tradition is often surprising: Raijin is also considered a good kami, a god of agriculture, and even its lightning has a good side: it fertilizes the rice plants. That’s why, in the Japanese tradition, a place hit by lightning was marked with bamboo and shimenawa, being considered beneficial for the rice crops.
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The Japanese once believed that lightning was responsible for fertilizing rice plants. A rice field that was hit by lightning was sure to enjoy a bountiful harvest.
Fujin is the Japanese god of wind.
Two wind storms devastated Mongol fleets as they tried to invade Japan in 1274 and again in 1281. This was attributed to Fujin protecting Japan. Alternatively, this act is sometimes attributed to Raijin. This is the origin of the term Kamikaze (literally: divine wind).
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