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πŸ˜‡πŸ‘‹A MONTH OF NO GODSπŸ§³β›©οΈ

There is a quaint belief that in the 10th month the gods of Japan congregate for a great gathering to discuss matchmaking at Izumo-taisha (出雲倧瀾) in Shimane Prefecture.

Only hard-of-hearing Ebisu and the Sun Goddess miss this annual pilgrimage.

Further reading:

In the tenth month of the traditional lunar calendar, a festival is held to welcome all the gods to Izumo Grand Shrine. It is believed that the gods convene at Izumo Shrine in October to discuss the coming year's marriages, deaths, and births. For this reason, people around the Izumo area call October kamiarizuki ("the month with gods"), but the rest of Japan calls October Kannazuki ("the month without gods").

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo-taisha

@camelliakyoto is a great account to follow on Mastodon for historical Japanese culture.

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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 49 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

The gods checking in:

Damn dude this shit is a fucking mess

[–] Microplasticbrain@lemm.ee 26 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

Bro should we do something

[–] Zirconium@lemmy.world 16 points 4 weeks ago

They stop the Mongolians and then they gave up after that

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 34 points 4 weeks ago

it could just been an email

[–] Annoyed_Crabby@monyet.cc 22 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Only hard-of-hearing Ebisu and the Sun Goddess miss this annual pilgrimage.

Poor Ammy πŸ₯²

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Also gotta love the deaf god saying fuck that to it

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 18 points 4 weeks ago

Well, they’re not going to like what they see.

[–] rockerface@lemm.ee 12 points 4 weeks ago

When the game dev team goes on vacation

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 8 points 4 weeks ago

They've been slacking off for a while.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 points 4 weeks ago

It takes them a whole month and the world's still in the state it's in?

Somehow, I don't think these are especially powerful gods.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

There is a anime movie on Netflix about it.

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Seems like they probably haven't been doing that for a while.

What a coincidence, that's what I call all the months.