The Hifumi Norito is a Shinto purification chant built from a fixed sequence of syllables, beginning hi fu mi yo i mu na ya ko, understood in kotodama belief as capable of transforming misfortune into good fortune through the inherent spiritual power of the sounds themselves rather than through any propositional meaning the syllables carry, distinguishing it in form and mechanism from the plainly semantic Harae Tamae Kiyome Tamae, which this atlas also covers.
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Practice
Who Performs ItAll adherents of the tradition 1 FrequencyAs the occasion requires 1 Solitary or CommunalPerformed alone or together 1 Use
What It Is Used For Form
Type of MantraKotodama syllable sequence 1 Connections
Belongs to Tradition
Source Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)Kokugakuin University
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Originates in Language
Source Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)Kokugakuin University
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Sources
1. Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten)
Kokugakuin University, Kokugakuin University, 2006on kotodama and the Hifumi NoritoView the Source Engishiki: Procedures of the Engi Era
Translated by Felicia Gressitt Bock, Sophia University, 1970on the broader corpus of Shinto noritoView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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