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Worship Cats
We have a custom to worship cats.
"MANEKINEKO", (happy cats or welcoming cats?) is representative one.
It is a ceramic ornament which shapes cat, that raises one hand to invite people, money and happy.
This is the MANEKINEKO I found at the porch of a Japanese sweets shop.
And these were at the porch of a Chineese noodle shop.
Today I read a news about the only shrine in Japan which enshrine Cat as God.
The shrine is at Tokushima prefecture and named "OMATSU DAIGONGEN", which derives from the story of "BAKENEKO" or a monster cat.
"OMATSU" was a name of woman whose husband was a village mayor.
He borrowed money from a marchant and died soon after payed back money.
But the marchant didn't recognize that he payed back, and OMATSU claimed to the Lord but he didn't listen to her either, finally OMATSU was put to death.
After that, a monster cat appeared on the house of the marchant and the Lord, and many terrible things happened.So people built a shrine to appease the soul of OMATSU.
Now a lot of test-takers for entrance exam visit this shrine, because this God is supposed to back up to pass the exam.
The last news is about a cat of Jesus Christ
What do you think with this? ;-)
"MANEKINEKO", (happy cats or welcoming cats?) is representative one.
It is a ceramic ornament which shapes cat, that raises one hand to invite people, money and happy.
And these were at the porch of a Chineese noodle shop.
Today I read a news about the only shrine in Japan which enshrine Cat as God.
The shrine is at Tokushima prefecture and named "OMATSU DAIGONGEN", which derives from the story of "BAKENEKO" or a monster cat.
"OMATSU" was a name of woman whose husband was a village mayor.
He borrowed money from a marchant and died soon after payed back money.
But the marchant didn't recognize that he payed back, and OMATSU claimed to the Lord but he didn't listen to her either, finally OMATSU was put to death.
After that, a monster cat appeared on the house of the marchant and the Lord, and many terrible things happened.So people built a shrine to appease the soul of OMATSU.
Now a lot of test-takers for entrance exam visit this shrine, because this God is supposed to back up to pass the exam.
The last news is about a cat of Jesus Christ
What do you think with this? ;-)
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