Aragami tv tropes12/3/2023 Japanese Mythology – Legend and FolkloreĮncyclopedia of Spirits: The Ultimate Guide to the Magic of Fairies, Genies, Demons, Ghosts, Gods & Goddesses – Written by : Judika Illes Copyright © 2009 by Judika Illes.In this form, he may be known as Ama-no-Kagaseo, the Brilliant Male. Onmyoji (practitioners of a Japanese shamanic magical tradition) are masters of yin-yang and have sought to harness the power of Amatsu-Mikaboshi, possibly giving him a corporal form. One theory suggests that Amatsu-Mikaboshi, a single, all-encompassing power, was broken and dispersed by the introduction of yin and yang forces into the universe (in Japanese: in and yo). He may or may not be associated with Yomi, a Shinto death realm. In later Buddhist perspective, this excess emotion was perceived as “sin” hence Amatsu-Mikaboshi developed a reputation as Master of Sinners. Thus excessive anger, envy, even love, which potentially leads to unhealthy obsessions, is perceived as belonging to Amatsu-Mikaboshi and expressing his essence. They are magnetically attracted to Amatsu-Mikaboshi, as he is to them, because they are made of the same stuff and potentially have the same effect: destructive disharmony. He doesn’t necessarily share or incite these emotions: instead intense, uncontrolled emotions are perceived as sharing his essence. Amatsu-Mikaboshi is associated with lingering energies and emotions, especially excessive ones that destroy harmony or create imbalance in the world (as, in essence, he does). Shinto is a spiritual system that values harmony. He may be the spirit of the most distant heavens: the celestial void or abyss. He is an esoteric, abstract presence in the universe rather than a spirit with whom one can communicate directly. He has no shrines and is not of much relevance to the average person (although his name appears in many comic books and role-playing games, where he is usually cast as a villain). He is a bitter, coldly angry, disenfranchised presence. He doesn’t even have a corporal form in which to manifest. He has no clear, official part or function to play. Either way, Amatsu-Mikaboshi is in the world but not of the world. There’s a couple notable aragami that appear frequently, like Dyaus Pita, Chrome Gawain, and the Kyuubi, which is special in the sense that as far as I’m aware is the only aragami to be made up of retro oracle cell’s( pure oracle cell’s), since other aragami are usually a mishmash of oracle cell’s from eating other aragami. Instead, his aura or residue remains.Īn alternative myth suggests that Amatsu-Mikaboshi was one of the imperfect children discarded by Izanami and Izanagi. Somehow during creation of the modern universe, his power was broken but never completely disappeared. He ruled the universe, if only because nothing else existed. At some point, he may have been the only force in the world: Amatsu-Mikaboshi may be the primordial great void. Shinto has no “Satan,” and Amatsu-Mikaboshi is neither a “god” nor “evil” instead, he is a primordial force that existed before this world was formed.Īmatsu-Mikaboshi is a nebulous presence, and attempts to explain who or what he is are no less nebulous. Amatsu-Mikaboshi is often described as the Japanese “god of evil,” implying that he is a Satanic figure, but that is imprecise.
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