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Pagan & Shinto News: Shinto Ritual Predicts State Of Society For 2021

Pagan & Shinto News: Shinto Ritual Predicts State Of Society For 2021

Last updated on: January 24, 2021 at 1:14 pm by Megan Manson

Pagan & Shinto News: Shinto Ritual Predicts State Of Society For 2021 2021-01-24T13:14:37+00:00 Megan Manson

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Japan: Shinto ritual at shrine in central Japan predicts state of society, harvest this year
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Shinto News

Shinto ritual at shrine in central Japan predicts state of society, harvest this year
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Tsutsugayu shinji, a Shinto ritual whose purpose is to predict the state of society and harvests of the coming year, was held at a shrine in this central Japan town from the evening of Jan. 14 to the early morning of the following day…

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For better luck in 2021, toss your beans a day earlier on Feb. 2
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UK: University of York pulls three wise monkeys from their website over ‘racist stereotype’ fears
The Sun
The University of York has pulled an image of the three wise monkeys from its website – over fears the creatures are a “racist stereotype”. The monkey is an important being in the Shinto religion.

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Spain: 5,000-year-old crystal dagger uncovered in Iberian megalithic tomb may have been used to gain ‘magical powers’
Mail Online
A team excavating the megalithic tomb of Montelirio tholos in 2007 through 2010 uncovered a dagger formed from rock crystal that experts say is the ‘most technically sophisticated’ ever to be uncovered in Prehistoric Iberia and would have taken enormous skill to carve…

An Cailleach – the Irish goddess of the winter and following her trail in Ireland
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The legends of the winter goddess and the locations and ancient Irish folklore, including Saint Brigid, the goddess of summer, linked to her…

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Poland: Archaeologists uncover remains of women accused of witchcraft
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Malawi: Four arrested for killing 67-year-old woman over witchcraft
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Police in Karonga have apprehended four people in connection to the brutal killing of 67-year-old Esnala Mbowe…

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