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Religion
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Summer Witness In Missions
SWIM
Summer Workshop In Ministries
SWIM
Sumo
Japanese wrestling. As the "sport of emperors' it is performed in shrines and has acquired many Shinto features, such as the shide on wrestlers" loincloths, the salt sprinkled prior to a contest, and the
used to construct the arena. A curious festival called nakizumo
(crying sumo)
held at the Ikiko jinja, Tochigi in late September features two sumo wrestlers who rock babies in their arms, the winner being the one whose baby cries first
Sunday's At Westminster
SAW
Sunset Youth Ministries
SYM
Super Cool Undersea Bible Adventure
SCUBA
Superior Evolutionary Element Destined
SEED
Superiority For Christ
SFC
Support Empathy Truth
SET
Support Management Information Love And Encouragement
SMILE
Support Meaningful Involvement Love And Education
SMILE
Support Prayer Encouragement And Challenge
SPEC
Support, Truth, Empowerment, And Purpose
STEP
Supreme Allah
SA
Supreme Elemental Evolution Destined
SEED
Supreme Omnipotent Being
SOB
Survivors Of Abusive Religions
SOAR
Susa-no-o
(no-mikoto)
The "brother" of Amaterasu, born from the nose of Izanagi during his lustrations in a stream following his narrow escape from the underworld. Susa-no-o is the 'impetuous male' storm-god, author of various boorish and tabooed actions directed against Amaterasu, which cause her to retreat into a cave from which the other 'heavenly deities" then devise a means of luring her
(see Iwato-biraki)
Despite, or because of, his propensity to inflict disaster Susa-no-o is regarded as a protector against calamity, as in the
matsuri held at the most important Susa-no-o temple, the
jinja in Kyoto. There are about 3,000 shrines in Japan established with the
of Yasaka jinja, where Susa-no-o is identified with
tenno, the Ox-head emperor. He is worshipped under a variety of other names which connect him mainly with forestry and agriculture. There are only a dozen shrines, such as the Susa Jinja in Shimane, which revere him under the name Susa-no-o
Sustainable Energy And Economy Network
SEEN
Sustaining Health And Pastoral Excellence
SHAPE
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