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Hifumi Norito

hi-fu-mi-yo-i-mu-na-ya-ko...
Shinto Mantras

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The Hifumi Norito is a Shinto purification chant built from a fixed sequence of syllables, beginning hi fu mi yo i mu na ya ko, understood in kotodama belief as capable of transforming misfortune into good fortune through the inherent spiritual power of the sounds themselves rather than through any propositional meaning the syllables carry, distinguishing it in form and mechanism from the plainly semantic Harae Tamae Kiyome Tamae, which this atlas also covers.

Facts
Practice
Who Performs It
All adherents of the tradition 1
Frequency
As the occasion requires 1
Solitary or Communal
Performed alone or together 1
Origins
Language
Japanese 1
Form
Type of Mantra
Kotodama syllable sequence 1
Use
What It Is Used For
Purification 1
Attributions
Tradition
Shinto 1
Cross-Tradition Connections

Belongs to Tradition

Shinto, Religions
Source Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)Kokugakuin University

Originates in Language

Japanese, Languages
Source Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)Kokugakuin University

Related To

Harae Tamae Kiyome Tamae, Mantras
Sources
1. Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)
Kokugakuin University, Kokugakuin University, 2006on kotodama and the Hifumi NoritoView the Source
Engishiki: Procedures of the Engi Era
Translated by Felicia Gressitt Bock, Sophia University, 1970on the broader corpus of Shinto noritoView the Source
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