Chapter 223: Shinto Shrine……

“As I thought, it seems to be only one person.” (Makoto)

“If even Waka feels that way too, then there’s no mistake. It is hard to believe that there’s only one person here in this vast grounds-ja…” (Tomoe)

Tomoe seems to be pondering something.

Having entered the grounds of the Shinto Shrine, there hasn’t been anything strange happening yet.

Just that, it seems like in this excessively spacious grounds, we learned that there’s only one person.

Doesn’t seem like it is moving.

Must mean that it is waiting for us.

“For a Shinto shrine precinct, it feels strange.” (Mio)

Mio is looking curiously around as she follows us.

Shiki is doing pretty much the same.

“It is completely different from the temple of the Goddess. If this is the precincts of a shrine, just who’s the God?” (Shiki)

It seems like he is stuck in a question that he won’t be getting an answer by himself, so maybe he is actually doing something a bit different from Mio.

Even so, I check the surroundings like Mio.

Tall trees were lined in a row.

Every single one of them were so tall that I had to look up.

The atmosphere they create is calm, dignified, and yet, it was comfortable.

Maybe because the one who made it was an actual God.

It is a place that would be fit to call: a legendary forest, or an ancient forest.

“Truly fitting for a Shinto shrine. If it has this much space, it could even be called a Grand Shrine.” (Makoto)

“That much? If that’s the case, we can expect much from the actual place huh.” (Tomoe)

Tomoe’s eyes were sparkling.

Maybe she is unaware of it, her breathing is also rough.

What I am most interested about is in “how long” the person in this place has been here.

Thinking about the place, maybe it is a Shinto priest?

But this is supposed to be a present from Daikokuten-sama.

In that case, I feel like a Japanese-style Buddhist temple would be more fitting.

We climb one by one the stairs that have no fallen leaves.

It seems like the cleaning is being properly done.

Thinking of the cleaning a single person would have to do in a place as big as this, I would feel like it would be more of a punishment than anything, but there’s probably magic involved in this.

“I thought it would be a more troublesome forest filled with traps.” (Mio)

Mio, this is no dungeon.

You can’t do something like that in a Shinto shrine…probably.

Well, it is certainly true that I am a bit disappointed in this atmosphere that doesn’t have a speck of hostility.

Now that I think about it, when I received the sea, they didn’t set up anything worth mentioning.

They probably gifted me a person to take care of the Shinto shrine or something like that.

There’s no Shinto shrines and temples in Asora after all.

“Oh, I can see it now. Is that the Shinto shrine that can be seen in Waka-sama’s world?” (Shiki)

Just like Shiki said, a Shinto shrine building that I am used to seeing appeared in our field of vision.

Now that look at it in person, it is pretty big.

Surprisingly big.

“Ooooh!!” (Tomoe)

Tomoe is trembling.

She is incredibly moved.

A wry smile appears in my face.

But my smile soon froze.

That’s because of the other buildings that I suddenly saw at the sides.

What…is this?

“Uhm, Waka-sama? In my eyes, the buildings at the front and the right don’t look like they have much similarity. Well, they have a few similarities though. But the one at the left, isn’t the atmosphere completely different from the rest?” (Mio)

“Y-Yeah.” (Makoto)

I could only nod at the question of Mio.

It was certainly as Mio said.

“It instead feels like only the one at the left has traces of a Goddess’ temple, or how to say it, in my eyes, it is close to the temples I am used to seeing. The ones at the front and the right are completely unknown to me though.” (Shiki)

“…Yeah.” (Makoto)

I also nod at the words of Shiki.

The building at the left felt more like a temple of the Goddess.

It doesn’t match this place.

I do know that there are separate shrines in the Shinto shrine grounds.

Even in the common knowledge inside me, there’s information about this.

The ones called Jingu-ji.

Also called the Protectors of the Shrines, or Palace Guards; the materialization of Shinto and Buddhist syncretism.    

They are shrines that protect the Shinto shrine, or so I think.

That’s as far as I know as a hobby.

Leaving aside the modern era, the Buddhist temples and Shinto shrines obviously had times when they were at odds, so I think that the Jingu-jis vary depending on if it is a Buddhist temple or a Shinto shrine.

“…Waka, I am incredibly moved by this, but I see something at my left that is throwing cold water in my mood though. Is that a Shinto shrine too?” (Tomoe)

“That’s not. Or more like, the one at the front is certainly a Shinto shrine, but the one at the right is a Buddhist temple. And the one at the left is a foreign country’s temple.” (Makoto)

“As I suspected, the one at the right is a Buddhist temple! Then it is the so called Jingu-ji, right?! Like the one at the Toshogu shrine. I see, I see, so that’s what this is huh.” (Tomoe)

So she even knows of a place that has them.

As expected of Tomoe.

Gongen-sama are supposed to be the temporal forms of Buddha-sama after all. <Gongens were believed to be the manifestation of a buddha in the form of an indigenous kami, an entity who had come to guide the people to salvation.>

Even so…

“That thing…it is so out of place. Even if a Shinto shrine has a lot of depth to it, I feel like this is a bit too deep…” (Makoto)

“A foreign country’s temple. Now that I think about it, in Waka-sama’s world, there were indeed a variety of religions.” (Shiki)

“Well, yeah. Taking that as the context, the religions we have here would be 3.” (Makoto)

“3, is it. That’s quite the confusion.” (Shiki)

What Shiki said is completely right.

“Well then, the one on the front would be the Shinto shrine; Shintoism.” (Makoto)

Pointing out the one at the front, I tell Shiki.

“The temple at the right, Buddhism.” (Makoto)

“Fumu, fumu.” (Shiki)

“And the one at the left is a Parthenon temple…I think. If I had to put a classification on it, it would be Christianity?” (Makoto)

“Why do you say it as a question?” (Shiki)

“The design has remained, but it has been engulfed in history and repeatedly received changes, in the end, it is a place that has been taken by many different religions.” (Makoto)

“In other words, there’s no remainings of its teachings?” (Shiki)

“Well, that would be the case I guess. From what I know, that is.” (Makoto)

The Greece mythology isn’t something that has been named as a religion and remained in the current times.

Greece was taken by Rome, and the Gods of Olympus have received name changes, and after being influenced by the Israel religion, it settled down as the next worship target of the Roman Empire.

But the Christian religion that was born from that Israel religion had received the official recognition of the Roman Empire, and it exterminated the other religions, or something like that.

There have been myths from other races flowing into Rome, and at first, the Christian religion had a mixture of those, is how I remember it.

Looking back at Christmas, there have been theories that say that it was a festival for the Gods in Rome.

Hmm, if I remember correctly…Saturn…

I kind of feel something is wrong.

But I remember I laughed at the name of that old game console with the same name, so there’s no doubt the name was Saturn.

Was it some sort of festival because of the winter solstice? <Anyone has a better grasp on what he is saying?>

I just researched a bit deeper from what I learned in school and it isn’t knowledge that one can teach to someone else, but I still did my best there.

There are times when I want to show off a bit.

“Speaking of Christianity, it is one of the worldwide religions, right? If I remember correctly, Buddhism is also one of those.” (Shiki)

“Yeah, that’s right. By the way, christianity is monotheist, but in the myths, there’s a lot of Gods appearing. So it would be better to not force yourself classifying it in one of those religions. Sorry for the confusion.” (Makoto)

“Don’t mind it.” (Shiki)

“I think it would be fine to just place a name like Greece myth religion, or Hellenism religion though. But the religion has not remained in the current times after all. The myths are famous worldwide though.” (Makoto)

“There’s some mysterious teachings in the world of Waka-sama.” (Shiki)

“Ahaha…” (Makoto)

“Even so, in the beginning, there were a lot more Gods, and yet, right now there’s only one. Did the Gods do a battle royale or something?” (Shiki)

B-Battle Royale.

In a sense, that might be correct.

The ones that actually fought were the humans, and it was more of a fight between representatives.

“Shiki, if you are to call it something, it should be *Kodoku*, right? The strongest God devours the rest, and had its name resound for the posterity-ja.” (Tomoe) <Kodoku: mixing several insects in a jar and have them kill one another until only one survives.>

Tomoe, describing it as Kodoku is a bit…

Well, a battle royale and Kodoku are both a battle till the death though.

It is true that the history of religion is dyed in blood, and there’s probably something wrong with me, because I think that there’s no mistake that the strongest survived.

“W-Well, leaving aside that stuff, the Buddhist temple isn’t that strange since there’s Jingu-jis just like Tomoe said, but the temple at the left, I haven’t seen it before. I think it is a Parthenon temple, so maybe it is fine to call it a Jingu Parthenon?” (Makoto)

It is completely white and it is made of stone after all.

It is clearly giving a different atmosphere.

The trees at its surroundings are a type I don’t have any recollection of as well.

“Doesn’t sound good. Why is something like this here?” (Shiki)

“I do have a slight idea of why. Do you remember the Gods that came here before?” (Makoto)

“Yeah, that group of three, right?” (Shiki)

“These are probably the temples that pertain to those three. The one at the front would be Susanoo-sama, or maybe Tsukuyomi-sama; the one at the right, Daikokuten-sama; the one at the left is most likely Athena-sama.” (Makoto)

“Hohoh~. In that case, that means that Gods from different organizations went through the trouble to come to Asora? That’s interesting.” (Shiki)

Ah.

That’s right.

If we are talking about Athena-sama, then that tree might be an Olive tree.

If I remember correctly, the Olive tree and Athena-sama have a deep connection.

If it were the Roman Minerva-sama, it would probably be a different tree.

But I can’t differentiate Greek temples and Roman temples. The person herself said she was Athena, so I think I am correct though.

I haven’t seen Olive trees before after all.

The most I have seen would be the matured fruit turned completely black.

“And so, the presence comes from the temple at the front. It seems like the other party doesn’t have any intentions of coming out iself. Since we have come all the way here, we should do a shrine visit. I do think that’s the manner when coming to places like this after all.” (Makoto)

“What’s the correct etiquette in this place, Waka?” (Tomoe)

“Let’s go for the normal 2 bows, 2 claps, and 1 bow. If that’s not the correct one, the person inside will probably tell us. See there, there’s a water place. Tomoe, teach Mio and Shiki the way to use it.” (Makoto)

“Understood! Mio, Shiki, follow me!” (Tomoe)

There’s a pretty big and splendid water place.

As if waiting for the moment for me to suggest her to, Tomoe takes Mio and Shiki along, and she teaches them how to use the water place while doing it herself.

A wide space with gravel laid all over.

The Buddhist temple at the right and the Parthenon at the left.

It is certainly a familiar spectacle.

To the point that I unconsciously forgot about Asora for a moment.

It really brings me back.

Is ‘water place’ the common way to call it, or is it ‘hand water’?

Both are correct, so it is hard to decide for one.

By the way, I call it ‘water place’, but it differs completely between people.

But from what I have heard, ‘hand water’ is the one that most people use. <<Hand water= Te Mizu, water place=Chozu>

Okay, let’s call it water place in Asora.

Because I would have to teach them about the other ways of calling it as well.

Kukuku.

While I was thinking that, it seems like the three have finished using the water place.

I also go and cleanse my hands and mouth quickly.

There was no snake or dragon gushing water from their mouth, instead, there’s a flower basin that was made out of stone and had water coming out naturally.

Maybe the bottom of the flower basin had water coming out, the water surface had ripples.

Well then, let’s do the shrine visit.

I stand in front of the offering box that’s probably empty inside.

Since it is a shrine in Asora, I place in the currency of Asora that Tomoe made.

1 ryo per person, so it would be 4 ryo.

Next, I grab the robe that has a bell connected above it, and rang it loudly.

“You can do the same as I did. This may be obvious, but don’t show hostility.” (Makoto)

The three nod.

First, they make a light bow.

Two deep bows, two claps, and then, one bow.

At the end, one light bow.

The beginning and the end are probably a greeting of sorts.

This feels really nostalgic.

Tsukuyomi-sama, I am somehow still alive.

One of my objectives is to return to Japan which you told me was impossible, but since I have other things left to do, I am thinking about prioritizing those first.

No matter what I become in the future, the words you told me: ‘Live freely and do as you please’, have become a support for me.

Please take care of your body, and recover with a tranquil heart.

My last bow became a bit long.

I lift my head and take a deep breath.

“Okay, we are done. Good job.” (Makoto)

I face the three.

The presence moved.

At our left, from inside the main shrine.

As always, no hostility.

There has been no contact yet, but it has moved to a pretty close distance from us.

This is bad. I have no experience in entering a shrine.

If it’s for a prayer, I have probably done it when I was a kid, but I don’t remember now.

I look at the direction of the presence.

Hm?

Is that an Omamori reception counter?

There are *charms* there after all.

…Eh?

“It seems like it is telling us to go there.” (Tomoe)

“It feels like that person is belittling Waka-sama, and that isn’t pleasing-desu wa.” (Mio)

“Tomoe-dono said a while ago that ringing the bell signifies a greeting to the God. That person must have moved because of that.” (Shiki)

“Well, let’s go and see. At least let’s be grateful that that person is not telling us to go to the Buddhist temple and the Parthenon temple first.” (Makoto)

I honestly don’t know how to pray in a Parthenon.

—-

When we went to the Omamori stand, there were a number of charms, votive pictures, and ceremonial arrows lined up there.

The difference between this and my previous world would be that these items clearly have magic power tinged in them.

When talking about charms, they are something like amulets which provide a passive effect.

But the ones here are more like talismans and feel like they give off an active effect.

They are probably charms that have quite the effectivity.

—-

The inside of the main shrine is being delimited by the the sliding doors.

But that person is certainly there.

“Isn’t it okay to meet each other face to face already?” (Makoto)

I make up my mind and called that person.

As if responding to my words, the curtains opened quietly, and then, the door opened.

…

There’s one shrine maiden-san with three fingers pressed on the floor.

She didn’t use her hands but a spell to open the door huh.

The person herself has her head lowered deeply.

Why is it, I don’t feel any fear and I don’t feel that much power from her, and yet, it is strangely suffocating.

I don’t know if to call it mental pressure, but I could feel something from that girl.

I unconsciously gulp down my breath.

Then, the girl slowly lifted her head.

White, her skin was so white it was unbelievable.

Black hair, slightly bright light brown eyes, and her shrine maiden clothes made me think that she was Japanese for a second.

But I felt as if her skin itself was negating that she was a person.

I don’t think it is make-up. It was a white that was more like paint.

But it wasn’t pure white, I could feel a tinge of blue in it.

In my eyes, it looked like the color was not natural.

“Nice to meet you, Goshujin-sama. I was working as the shrine maiden of Tsukuyomi-sama, but I have been ordered to serve Makoto-sama. Please take care of me for the many years to come.”

With a beautiful gentle smile, she called me her Goshujin-sama.

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0 thoughts on “Chapter 223: Shinto Shrine……”

  2. that was a pretty boring chapter, who cares about types of shrines
    and there’s no proper explanation to it, only people who know about it beforehand can follow up, that was waste of time

  4. As I remember goshujin refers to someone else’s husband. Like when you are asking a woman where her husband is.
    Goshujin wa doko des ka.
    And shujin is when you tell others of your husband. So the wife would say my husband is here
    Shujin wa koko des.

  5. Makoto (and by extension Azumi Kei-sensei…) is really poorly informed about any religions and mythology other than Shintoism and Buddhism, isn’t he? I mean understand regional preference and bias and all that, but polytheism and monotheism are the two basic roads for theological ideas in human history. To not grasp that despite the plethora of knowledge he has about Japan and its neighboring countries theology feels somewhat inconsistent, no?

    Btw, Reigokai if you wanted to add some translation notes to explain the vague (and somewhat off-the-mark) references Makoto is making I can explain. If you’re not going to do any other edits then I won’t bend your ear.

  6. I’m dumbfounded of the lack of knowledge this author has about the western culture – given that it ‘theoretically’ dominates the world. It is truly something.. :O

    It only shows how much the author has to grow as a writer despite de splendid universe he created with this story.. He needs to, at least, knows how to research to not make mistakes like the ones he commit about history of old western empires and religions and cults. I’m saying this because it is simply learnt in schools! Even in Japanese schools!

    1. Jesus… Seeing the translator also doesn’t know makes me more dumbfounded!

      Not trying to be a cunt but. What have you guys been doing in school times?!

      1. HOLY CRAP! Buddhism one of the worldwide religions?! NO!

        I don’t know where to begi… Ah, forget it.

  7. Saturnalia celebrates the winter solstice. It began December 17 and continued through the 23rd. It was also called “The festival of Light” because people burned candles ro represent their wishes for the new year.

  12. Great chapter! I like the whole cultural enrichment thing going on in these recent chapters and which makes me curious for more. I wonder if other gods will visit and bestow their own shrines… Well it could get a bit overbearing so I slightly hope not. Anyway, thanks for this chappy and the next which I’m going to go read now.

  13. Happy April Fools everyone!
    …Okay, so I’m kind of late for some time zones already. Sorry.

    The conclusion dragged on longer than I thought, so it came late, but I finally created a short joke story for the occasion, based on the gag comment mentioned a two or three chapters back, “I was a door when I reincarnated, let’s aim for the best! but why do I have to die again?”

    Anyway, for anyone who might be interested, I’ll put a link here. Hopefully it doesn’t get blocked or anything.
    https://psychroniawordpresscom.wordpress.com/2017/04/02/why-a-door

  14. Thanks for the chapter. The last time I heard the mention or the use of the Kodoku was during the “Inuyasha”. At the end of the so called ritual the person who did will always die.

  18. He’s talking about saturnalia
    The pagan roman holiday celebrating the sun moving north again after the winter solstice. Tradition says Christians celebrated the birth of christ during saturnalia to avoid drawing attention and persecution to their monotheistic celebrations and after christianity was adopted as the official religion of the Roman Empire the pagan holiday was completely recast as a Christian one.
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia

  19. Error?
    “Next, I grab the >>robe<< that has a bell connected above it, and rang it loudly"
    I believe its rope not robe

  20. “Was it some sort of festival because of the winter solstice? ”

    If you didn’t find why he connect Saturn with winter solstice check the comment from [FirstTimeCommenting] above

  21. I have mixed feelings about a release or releases on April 1st. Oh well…
    Thanks 4 the chapter!

    Miko GET!!!?

  23. thanks for the chapter!

    “Maybe she is unaware of it, her breathing is also rough.”
    the weapon dragon reached heaven!

    so it confirm that the goddess is from the grec myths? I had doubts and though she could be either Greek or Buddhist.

    1. That’s what I was wondering when I read that part too.

      I don’t think we had confirmation before this, but if the goddess’s temples are similar to the ones made for the Greek pantheon, then she’s likely from either Athena’s “family”. Or at least very closely related. Aphrodite or Hera is looking more and more likely.

      …Oh man. What if it turns out that it’s neither of the two? I wonder how they’d feel if they found out we were associating this sorry excuse for a deity’s behavior to their name.

  24. “Israel religion”?!?
    TRIGGERED
    But seriously, I think you mean ” Jewish religion ” or Judaism for short.
    Israel is a country that Judaism is its main religion.
    Please change it, as a person from israel it is VERY annoying.
    Thanks

    1. It it’s not, the main religion in ancient times in Israel was the Christianity but not the actual but the one from the time of Cronos… Judaism is something relatively new.

      1. Mybe I had the wrong term,English is not my first language, its hebrew.
        But what I’m saying is that saying “Israel religion” is wrong in this context.
        The Jewish religion was founded about 2000 years ago, while the country of israel was founded in 1948, exactly 69 years ago.

      2. Well, just re-read your comment…
        And if you do just a quick check online you can see that Christianity was founded AFTER Jewish religion

  32. Yo there Rei-san!
    I am Greek and I am here to help with this chapter. 😀
    What is said is a feast for thevwinter solstice called Saturnalia and it is a really… Erotic feast you could say. People would come together to eat and drink and in many places they would actually play a game like chasing each other and when you manage to grab them you get to f*ck them. Ancient Greece, what a cute place you were. And you could have fun with anyone and anything.
    It originates from Saturn, a satir like lower god, friend and follower of Dionysus and he was a huge ero perv.
    So now you get the general idea.

    1. The first thought that came to mind for me was the 7 Plagues on Egypt. Considering how each of the plagues involved something that the Egyptian gods controlled(frogs, sunlight, etc.), I could easily picture that as a symbolic effect of the Abrahamic God killing the Egyptian ones.

      Anyone know any other mythological battle royales? I think Ragnarok can sort of count since it’s a bunch of the Norse gods killing each other, right?

      1. IN To Aru Majutsu no Index New Testament: The Author found a Genius way of Killing gods. Just turn them into Fairies. It is a symbolic way of how Christianity and other religions like its predecessor Judaism has Demonized Pagan gods(Baal for example),or turn them into Fairies(Like Mountain gods into Gnomes, Sea lords into mere mermaids,ect). Christianity has also absorbed other gods(and its culture: ex: Santa received some of his lore from Odin , ect)(Isis and Child Horus statues being turned into the Virgin Mother and Child Idols)(Zeus bust becoming the WESTERN Image of Christ ect). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonization

      2. Oh and I know Santa(St. Nicholas+Odin) is not part of Christianity but he is one of tools used to Weaken the Norse religions.

      3. BUT Then again that is if we only include classical Mythology. If the Author dares to add Outer and Older gods in the Cthulhu Mythos to the story…….Lol Samael=Satan=The Faceless God=Nyarlathotep.

    1. actually it does. the celebrations that are done today have does changes made to make the abrahemic religion more acceptable to the masses. but if you are referring to the original dates of the abrahemic religions the it really wont. but on our current society it does.

  37. Thanks for the chapter as always, well I am sure that as soon as she finished Tomoe and Mio had that expretion that says: Oh Shit!!!!!!!! Their servant sense must be tingling!!!!!!

  45. When he is talking about Saturn I believe he is referring to Saturnalia a Roman festival held in December.

  54. First off, thanks for the double chapters, Reigokai-sama!

    Second, I wish Misumi Makoto…

    ~HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!~

    Anyway…

    Why do I have a feeling those gods are not gonna ask anyone to worship them or anything and more like they are gonna use those shrines as convenient teleport stations?

  60. Double chapter….. *looks at the date* … 1 april … yep, gotta be a joke, how cruel…
    Going in for the heck of it….. it’s real, wth….
    Give me back my expectations, thanks for the chapter!

  62. Yeah. Mio ain’t gonna take the “wife” with a smile.
    Also.. This kid.. for a highschool kid, he knows a lot of myth and lore, like more than most colleges kids who’ve taken those courses. Shesh.

    I swear Tsukuyomi has to be using Makoto as a seed to be reborn, probably part of what “crops up” once in a while, and now with this lady chosen for the purpose of b irthing him I bet.

    I was half expecting it to be an empowered version of someone he knew before though.

    Whelp, hope she’s the rare, but unfairly cute short, slim, small busted Shrine maiden. Though if she’s named kagami or Tsukasa and has purple hair that’ll be weird~

      1. I have a minor in Asian Philosphy, and one of my best friends is a history major with Japan focus.. and off hand he knows more than I remember from 5+years ago. and he’s just in highschool~ I have no trust for the memories of makoto misumi

  64. So many gramatical errors, you can clearly see this is rushed, and not up to par with your own quality standarts… Idk, I’d rather wait a few more days and get something that was done with more thought into it.

    After all, if there’s typos, that only means carelesness and rushing, so there’s no guarantee that there won’t be any mistranslations as well.

  65. Reigo-senpai, thanks for this, the next chapter that I’m about to read, and the DEH update. Though… I was kinda hosting a live stream and everyone who attends my streams knows that I will stop the stream just to read this. Not mad or anything, this novel is just too important to me.

    Anywho, Spoiler-san wasn’t lying over the phone. Trust me, you will want to read the next chapter peeps. And Spoiler-san is still a hikkomori and a NEET right now, so please support him?

  72. Christmas is supposed to be a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Christ, but it doesn’t actually represent his real birth date, if historical records are to be believed. Instead, in order for the Roman empire to spread Christianity in an easier way for the people to accept, they adapted the celebration of the Winter Solstice, usually late December, as Christmas, and celebrated it then. I think the celebration of the Winter Solstice was related to the Roman god, Saturn, originally the Greek god, Zeus.

    1. Zeus’s name was changed to Jupiter by Rome. Saturn was Kronos. Greece’s stories concerning the fate of the ruler of the Titans are straightforward, but Rome had several (conflicting) stories about the Titan of Time’s existence after the his children’s rebellion.

      1. Kronos is the king of titans
        Chronos is the the primordial deity of time (or personification of time)

        2 different entities

    2. December 25 is also very close to the Celebration of the Wild hunt by the festival called Yule or Yuletide,with Odin as its main star. Some people even say Santa Clause is a hybrid of Odin and St. Nicholas. Damn Christianity’s “Turn into a Fairy Spell” is quite OP (A Certain reference).

      1. It was part of their conversion tactics. The pagans keep their holidays, and even the people they respect during those holidays are similar. But not the same. Keep it familiar and more people come to you.

    4. Christmas has nothing to do with the god Saturn/Zeus but the called Mithra. Who’s birthday was Dec 25. As well he was know for being dead and coming back to life. The Roman Ruler at the time adopted Christian religion to get the soldiers on his side but he was a follower of the god Mithra.

    5. Correct. Saturnalia was a one-week festival centered around the winter solstice. Despite clues in the Bible suggesting that Jesus was born somewhere in the spring (shepherds keeping their flocks out in the hills was something not done in December, for example,) the church set the date for Christmas to be shortly after Saturnalia. The theory has grown up in recent years that they wanted to redirect attention away from a popular pagan holiday.

  76. yes! although its april fool… but yes i got the the position for that Damn bird…. and thank you regokai senpai

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