tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120633719163293516.post7141252842479026465..comments2023-09-24T13:19:59.285+09:00Comments on Kappa - The Kappapedia: onigokko onibarai Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-120633719163293516.post-55928368768438582020-08-10T10:06:30.003+09:002020-08-10T10:06:30.003+09:00The practice was adopted into Shintō from Chinese ...The practice was adopted into Shintō from Chinese folk exorcism (儺 nuó) during the Táng dynasty (618-907).<br />Nuo folk religion, or extendedly Chinese popular exorcistic religion, is a variant of Chinese folk religion with its own system of temples, rituals, orders of priests and gods, which is interethnic and practiced across central and southern China but is also intimately connected to the Yi and Tujia people. It arose as an exorcistic religious movement, which is the original meaning of nuó (simplified Chinese: 傩; traditional Chinese: 儺). I<br />It has strong influences from Taoism. <br />- more in the wikipedia<br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuo_folk_religion<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com