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Kumano Shrine

熊野神社

Kumano Jinja

Gifu

A Kumano shrine in Gifu Prefecture dedicated to the powerful kami of the Kumano mountains. Part of the extensive network of Kumano shrines found throughout Japan, this shrine serves the local community while maintaining connections to the sacred Kumano Sanzan in the Kii Peninsula.

宗派
Kumano
宗教
shinto
祭神
Kumano Sanzan deities
祀られている神
Kumano Hayatama no Okami, Kumano Fusumi no Okami, Kumano Musubi no Okami
座標
35.1635528, 136.8738854

参拝のヒント

Look for the distinctive three-legged crow (Yatagarasu) symbol associated with Kumano shrines.

文化的背景

Kumano shrines are associated with guidance, protection during journeys, and the mystical three-legged crow Yatagarasu that appears in Japanese mythology as a divine messenger.

歴史

Like many Kumano shrines across Japan, this shrine was likely established through the medieval spread of Kumano faith, when devotees and yamabushi mountain ascetics carried the worship of Kumano deities beyond their original sacred mountains in present-day Wakayama Prefecture.

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