| 鎮守 | [ちんじゅ, chinju] (n) local Shinto deity; tutelary god; (P) #9,148 [Add to Longdo] |
| 若宮 | [わかみや, wakamiya] (n) (1) young imperial prince; (2) child of the imperial family; (3) (See 本宮) shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; (4) (See 勧請) newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred) #12,260 [Add to Longdo] |
| 勧請 | [かんじょう, kanjou] (n, vs) (1) praying for the coming of a deity; (2) (See 分霊) ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location [Add to Longdo] |
| 社稷 | [しゃしょく, shashoku] (n) the State (tutelary deity and god of grain) [Add to Longdo] |
| 初宮参り | [はつみやまいり, hatsumiyamairi] (n) (See 宮参り) first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鎮守社 | [ちんじゅしゃ, chinjusha] (n) Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area [Add to Longdo] |
| 分霊 | [ぶんれい, bunrei] (n) division of a shrine's tutelary deity, in order to share it with another shrine; spirit divided in such a manner [Add to Longdo] |
| 竈神;竃神 | [かまどがみ, kamadogami] (n) tutelary deities of the hearth [Add to Longdo] |