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These are all images of the same person. Inari Okami, Japanse god/goddess/deity-thing of foxes, rice, agriculture, and wealth, and a chthonic and in some traditions afterlife deity. He/she/it can be a guy, a girl, an anthropomorphic fox (no word yet on George Clooney's involvement), a non-anthropomorphic fox, or, apparently, in the second image from the bottom, David Bowie from the film Labyrinth. Inari is associated with summer so I thought it'd be nice to post some of him/her/it for the beginning of the dog days.
Also, Google Image Search for "male inari" turns up mostly Inari-brand tennis shoes. THANKS A BUNCH, CAPITALISM.
Nathan, I loved your word "embiggen". What's the thing in the first picture supposed to be? It reminds me of a cat. Anyway, what form does the worship of the Inari Okami take?
ReplyDeleteEmbiggen is from The Simpsons, the thing in the first picture is a fox, and the worship of Inari is basically your standard harvest rituals. These days it's like a Japanese form of Old Home Days in Bellows Falls.
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