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Utaki (御嶽) is an
Okinawan term for a
sacred place,
often a grove, cave, or mountain. They are
central to the
Ryukyuan religion and the
former noro priestess...
- Sefa-
utaki (斎場御嶽, Okinawan: シェーファウタキ Seefa-
utaki),
meaning "purified
place of
Utaki," is a
historical sacred space,
overlooking Kudaka Island, that served...
- Sonohyan-
utaki (園比屋武御嶽, Okinawan: スヌファンウタキ Sunufan-
utaki) is a
sacred grove of
trees and
plants (
utaki) of the
traditional indigenous Ryukyuan religion...
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religion (琉球信仰), Ryūkyū Shintō (琉球神道),
Nirai Kanai Shinkō (ニライカナイ信仰), or
Utaki Shinkō (御嶽信仰) is the
indigenous belief system of the
Ryukyu Islands. While...
- Kikoe-ōgimi (chifi-ufujin) (high-priestess) were made. Sonohyan-
utaki (園比屋武御嶽, Okinawan:
sunuhyan utaki) – a
sacred stone "gate" to the left of
Shureimon was erected...
- (Okinawan: ヌール, romanized: nuuru) are
priestesses of the
Ryukyuan religion at
Utaki. They have
existed since at
least the
beginning of the
Gusuku period (late...
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located in the
Okinawa Prefecture, ****an. The
heritage sites include two
utaki (or
sacred sites, one a gate and the
other a grove), the
Tamaudun mausoleum...
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Harimizu utaki (Harimizu Shrine), a
Ryukyuan shrine in Miyakojima,
Okinawa Prefecture...
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Kudaka Island, and then made
landfall on
Okinawa Island on the spot of Sefa-
utaki, and
later built Tamagusuku Castle and
Chinen Castle and a
number of communities...
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Mount Gusuku is a site
considered sacred in the
Ryukyuan religion. An
utaki, or
shrine of the
Ryukyuan religion, is
located halfway to the
summit of...
