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Shimenawa (標縄/注連縄/七五三縄, lit. 'enclosing rope') are
lengths of laid rice
straw or hemp rope used for
ritual purification in the
Shinto religion. Shimenawa...
- They are
joined by a
shimenawa (a
heavy rope of rice straw) and are
considered sacred by
worshippers of the shrine. The
shimenawa,
composed of five separate...
- the waist. The rope is
similar to the
shimenawa used to mark off
sacred areas in Shinto, and like the
shimenawa it
serves to
purify and mark off its content...
- "Aposiopesis" (Akira Rabelais) – 5:16 "Hunter Vessel" – 6:36 "
Shimenawa" – 2:48 "Vessel
Shimenawa" – 1:54 "Repose" (Valgeir Sigurðsson);- 8:49 "Storm" (Björk...
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occupants or
their profession. They can be
decorated with
miniature torii and
shimenawa and
include amulets obtained from
public shrines. They
often contain a...
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Shide (紙垂, 四手) are zigzag-shaped
paper streamers,
often seen
attached to
shimenawa or
tamagushi to
demarcate holy spaces, and used in
Shinto rituals in ****an...
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oldest types of torii, it
consists of two
posts with a
sacred rope
called shimenawa tied
between them. All
other torii can be
divided in two families, the...
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several colors, and are
often attached as
decorations to
straw ropes (
shimenawa) used to mark
sacred precincts. The
shrine priest or
attendants (miko)...
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yorishiro actually houses a kami, it is
called a shintai.
Ropes called shimenawa decorated with
paper streamers called shide often surround yorishiro to...
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spirits or kami reside. They are
often distinctly visible due to the
shimenawa wrapped around them. The
related term
goshingi refers to
trees that are...
