#takeminakata

[kairunatic]

#Masanori #Krampus #Taishakuten #Takeminakata #Hippolytus #Gurl even Sawch sees Volkh part of the main cast proves he should have gotten the alt #Volkh Vseslav

[red-steampunk]

@dorokora

@kairunatic I forgot you're a Shennong fan, how could I forget.

#tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #shennong #ganglie #temujin #hogen #cthugha #takeminakata #aizen #shiva

[boundlesshousamo]

💚Happy Valentine's Day!💜

#tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #hottake #hotei #takeminakata

[dorokora]

#Takeminakata

[deporteddragon]

#Art #Mc1 #takeminakata #Rorondo4

[enstarsurbanfantasy]

Mikagura - POV Hiiro

[Mikagura: a ritual dance performed at the imperial court and various important Shinto shrines. It consists of welcoming, entertaining and greeting the deities with humorous or poetic syllabic songs.]

Hiiro hears the singing before he sees the source.

He's strolling through one of the side gardens, thinking over one of his homework questions, when he's alerted to the distant sound of instruments. Music isn't uncommon in Ensemble Square, but it's mostly the music that the idol units are making. The music now vaguely resembles Akatsuki's songs, but it's slower and doesn't have modern instruments.

Hiiro turns a corner, curious about what's going on.

Water floats around Aira, ribbons swirling around his arms and legs as he steps back and forth with a string of bells in hand. He's dancing to the music, chanting with his eyes closed and moving as if it were the most natural thing in the world. Hiiro can see the kamuy dancing with him, water, storm, and war caressing his cheek like a mother to her child.

The music ends. With a sweep of his hand, the water surrounding Aira comes together in one long stream, and it funnels into the water bottle by the door. The spirits settle around Aira's shoulders like a winter cloak. Finished, Aira bows (to the kamuy?), opens his eyes and--

He is surprised, but the realization is... slow. His unitmate is settled, possibly in that floaty feeling Hiiro gets after finishing prayers, when his mind is more in the spritual realm than the human one. There is also something... other. Something playful and tricky and entirely inhuman.

Hiiro's throat is bone dry, and he swallows, opening his mouth to say... something.

But nothing comes out, because Aira places a finger to his mouth in a gesture for quiet. In fact, he seems to be physically unable to say anything. Aira gives a high pitched laugh, beams at him uncharacteristically, and blinks.

Aira shakes his head, and he's suddenly back to his usual countenance.

"Sorry," he says. "Ame-no-Uzume is a bit of a trickster."

"Ame... no Uzume?"

"You don't know a lot about Shinto gods, do you?" Aira remarks drily.

"Nope!" He'd like to learn more, if possible. The part of him that was trained to protect Nii-san rises, seeing all the possibilities of danger from such casual possession.

Aira takes a breath, exhales, and recites a story like he's heard it a thousand times before. "The sun goddess, Amaterasu, once quarreled with her brother, Susanoo, the god of sea and storms. After coming together to produce children, Susanoo vandalized her rice fields, flayed a horse and threw it at her loom, and brutally killed one of her maidservants. Amaterasu, furious, forfeited her divinity and retreated to a cave. As a result, the world was plunged into eternal night.

"The other gods came together to confer on the situation. In a bid to draw her out, Ame no Uzume placed a mirror by the cave's entrance, leapt upon an upturned tub, and proceeded to dance while tearing off her clothes. The other gods, stunned, started to laugh.

"Amaterasu heard the laughter and wondered how they could be happy in a world of eternal night. She looked out, and upon seeing her beautiful face in the mirror, went to take a closer look. As Amaterasu left the cave, the other gods threw a sacred rope across the cave entrance, preventing her from returning. Amaterasu agreed to rejoin the divine, and light was restored to the world.

And thus Ame no Uzume became known as the Heavenly Alarming Female."

Aira smiles, expression showing that he's still bit out of it. "Ame no Uzume is the goddess of revelry and the arts. I was praying for a good result in the MDM." he considers, and continues, "A sacred dance opens up your heart and mind to outside forces. Usually the gods have better things to do than to possess a random human, but Ame no Uzume likes to have a little fun."

"So it's like a send-off ritual," Hiiro murmurs.

Aira shrugs. "I... guess? I don't know much about your traditions."

Hiiro glances at Aira, just in time to see him sway concerningly. Hiiro slings an arm over Aira's shoulder to steady him, and Aira rests his head on his shoulder. "How long have you been praying?"

" 's the shorter ritual.. six hours?" Aira slurs.

Hiiro presses his lips together and declares, "I'm going to carry you back to the dorm."

Aira, already half asleep, doesn't do more than hum an assent.

#ensemble stars!! #urban fantasy #enstars urban fantasy au #hiiro amagi #aira shiratori #alkaloid #hiiai if you squint and look sideways #I ship them okay I think they should kiss #sorry if the ainu beliefs are inaccurate #I'm not ainu and half the sources I found were written pre-1910s #thank you smithsonian for your book written in 2000 it was a welcome palate cleanser #I just learned that apparently canon!Aira thinks of his family as “so normal it's boring” but I'm attached now #so I'm using my fanfic writer rights to say “this is an AU” #"water storm and war” is a reference to the domains of takeminakata who is aira's ancestor #I love aira he's my favorite character #the placeholder title for this was “waterbending” #aira is a waterbender #mikagura used to be performed across several days... the dedication the choir must have had

[sukimas]

I do think it's pretty neat how you can fairly easily read both of the Moriya gods as trans, considering the Mishaguji's/Suwako's symbolism and the Kanako/Takeminakata connection. Maybe they could offer that as one of their new blessings. It would probably help, considering Gensoukyou is Gensoukyou.

#touhou

[justlarkin]

City Boy 101: City Boys don't refer to themselves as "City Boys", Takeminakata. You're outing yourself.

#shut up lark

[occasionaltouhou]

Regarding thay Eirinelixir question (I just voted), Shinto Gods have no real need for the Hourai Elixir. Personally, I need no evidence for this, it is true. You'd know if you met one. My closest book-reason is Tsukuyomi largely believing the elixir needing to be forbidden, even for Yagokoro, despite both being Shinto Gods. It seems like less of a rule to prevent them from becoming immortal (especially since they effectively are), and more of a way to prevent the mortal populace to be capable of challenging godhood.

Don't ask me why Chang'e took ot, she's a Chinese God. Not Shinto. Maybe they don't hold as much weight in Gensokyo, I dunno. Iean, some consider Tamamo no Mae as a God in China (referring to her as the vessel of Da Ji), but in Japan she is simply a powerful supernatural being (sorry I almost vomitted writing that sentence she's a real bastard, okay. One rung above Tanuki, okay?)

Eirin is Omoikane probably, and therefore a Shinto God. Unlike local Shinto Gods (Takeminakata, Yasaka Kanako), these are effectively impervious to a lack of faith (and thus lack of power) for quite some time. If their power and effective-immortality were threatened, these Gods would likely take action (ask Eirin to create this elixir). Eirin understands this, and therefore has no pressing need to actually take it at the current moment.

For Eirin, avoiding death is not a challenge. Even if she could entirely prevent it, she'd probably prefer to live under risk of death, which acts as an active stimulus for her immense intelligence. Plotting to perfectly avoid threat is a difficult task, and probably like a puzzle to her.

Honestly, I don't think she wants OR needs to take the elixir, and thus did not. That's how I see it. Even if she hinted that she might've, I'd be more inclined to believe it is both a display of knowledge (as she has near-total knowledge of the workings and effects of the medicine) and to further cement her defenseive strategy game by making others believe she is invincible, even if she isn't. Gensokyo is held together by the power of belief, anyways.

The only think I can personally believe as an alternative reason to this is Eirin taking it to make Kaguya feel better about doing so (as well as sharing the blame), for yuri reasons.

But since Eirin felt she needed to justify her crime in stating that she made it, equal to that who took it (despite both being instrumental in making.it anyways), it implies that she never drank anyways.

Also any evidence not from direct experience is from memory of the books I read some time ago, so forgive me for some inaccuracies.

i gotta be real i'm kinda in awe of the passion demonstrated in this message

[housano]

#housamo #放サモ #tokyo afterschool summoners

[shirouchiha6]

Thoughts on The Newly implemented Swimsuit skins

Skipping this banner as i don't think i have any luck to get 4★ Hotei and 5★ Bael

BAEL :

someone please get this guy a watermelon Purple with gold accents look really good on him

YOSHITO :

I actually didn't expect him to follow shino's footsteps and have a fundoshi for a swimsuit (also what's with the metal sholderpads?)

ISSAC : I just wish he wore something to cover the top half of his body, other than that im ok with this swimsuit

NODENS :

I still need to complete Nightglows event but The swimsuit doesn't have his "I'm mental" aura but it does have a sort of charm to it

ISRAFIL

I just didn't think he'd wear white but it suits him

TAKEMINAKATA :

Red works well with his purplish blue hair and the blue thingie on his back

INABA

i love how pastel he looks.

Update [looks like i forgot to post some of them] :-

YORITOMO :

...The cloth looks expensive, and he look bit better than i expected in this

OSE :

Looks Great but i feel like LICHO wore it better lol

TEDA :

its ok dont have anything +ve or -ve to say about it

HOTEI :

"why does he looks like he's about to be tourists scammed? " - my legit 1st thought

It looks cute on him but his vending machine form is better

#shirouchiha6 #放サモ #housamo

[kairunatic]

#Takeminakata

[red-steampunk]

@boundlesshousamo @dorokora

#tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #mc4 #licht #furufumi #ebisu #mc5 #ryota yakushimaru #mc5 x ryota #ebisu x furufumi #hotei #takeminakata

[boundlesshousamo]

New skins

#tokyo afterschool summoners #housamo #hotei #takeminakata #hotei wearing transparent drunks #inaba #hot damn

[dorokora]

#takeminakata

[pix4japan]

Okumiya of Yamanaka Suwa Shrine (山中諏訪神社の奥宮)

The tiny Okumiya of Yamanaka Suwa Shrine is located at the summit of Mt. Myojin (明神山) and enshrines two deities dedicated to the safety of hikers and visitors to the summit and the fields of pampas grass.

Names of the enshrined deities are Takeminakata-no-Mikoto (建御名方命) and Toyotamahime-no-Mikoto (豊玉姫命).

The date this shrine was established remains a mystery, but ancient documents make reference to the presence of the shrine on the summit of Mt. Myojin.

In 1841, the original shrine was moved to make way for land surveys carried out under the command of Lord Okubo of Odawara Castle.

Many years later, volunteer historians and shrine officials discovered the original location of the shrine and returned it to the summit of Mt. Myojin where it resides today.

A festival is held on September 1st of each year to commemorate return of the shrine to its home and to pray for the safety of visitors to the shrine.

Pentax K-1 II + DFA 28-105mm F3.5-5.6 45 mm ISO 100 for 1/400 sec. at ƒ/14

#山梨県 #風景写真 #ボーダーコリー #愛犬 #明神山 #山中諏訪神社の奥宮 #pix4japan #pentax_dfa28105 #pentaxk1mkii #Japan #Yamanashi Prefecture #Mt. Myojin #border collie #Shinto shrine #landscape photography