/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>46461725
Exactly
>>46463286
I don't know if I should encourage or discourage you, but...the best time to start studying east asian spiritual practices that are resonant with the denizens of Gensokyo was 15 years ago and the 2nd best time to start studying them is today, anon.

Behold the secret god!
What will be your offering to the great Mahakala?

Reiwa is here!

>>20676849
Okina's got defined boobs in her art too, even if it's mostly concealed under clothing.

a modern masterpiece

Okina's first name (隠岐奈) references the okina mask (翁) (old man) of noh plays. The okina mask eventually became a symbol of Matarajin when the deity became intertwined with the performing arts, particularly noh. The kanji that spells Okina, 隠岐奈, however, may have several meanings beyond that. 隠 (o) by itself means hidden, 岐 (ki) means crossroads, divided, or theatre, and 奈 (na) could mean naraka (hell), endure, or a theatre's basement. Altogether the name could translate to something like "to endure hidden crossroads" or "hidden hell theatre" and so on. 隠岐 (oki) combined could reference the Oki islands (隠岐諸島). Lafcadio Hearn (I'm sure you already know his connection to Yukari and Maribel) lived in the Oki islands for about a month and wrote his first book, "Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan", there. Additionally, the classic story of the White Hare of Inaba has the god Daikokuten (a japanese version of Mahakala and a form of Matarajin) (One of Mahakala's forms was a mother demon named "Matara", Matarajin got his name from Mahakala) heal the rabbit when it got injured. It is commonly accepted that the rabbit's species was Lepus brachyurus okiensis (a species native to the Oki islands), it is even speculated that the entire story takes place in the Oki islands. 岐 (ki) by itself could also reference kunado-no-kami (岐の神), a class of gods that must be worshipped in order to prevent pestilence and disaster. One aspect of Matarajin portrays him as a kunado-no-kami. The worship of Matarajin during the ushimatsuri at Koryuji temple supposedly wards off against bad omens and disasters. Two of Matarajin's forms, Gozu-tenno and Susano-o (who were believed to be the same god under the guise of Shinra Myojin, another form of Matarajin) were also known kunado-no-kami. The ushimatsuri involves oni trying to prevent Matarajin from reading a long sutra. It was also said that Matarajin was a form yaksha (considered a type of oni). Due to this 隠 (o) could also reference 鬼 (oni) as the etymology of the oni kanji comes from 隠. It could also explain why Okina hates tengu (oni and tengu are enemies), the ushimatsuri is also a ritual to ward off tengu as well. 天狗怖し (tengu odoshi/tengu intimidation) dances are performed at Koryuji and Enryakuji (another place where Matarajin is worshipped). It can also come from 隠れ里 (kakurezato/hidden village), a single place or recurring concept in Japanese mythology that is usually behind or near a mountain and filled with strange creatures. Tengu are said to live in hidden villages and mayohiga, which exists in Touhou, is also a type of hidden village that is described in canon to be "in the mountain recesses". And I haven't even got to the kanji in "Matara". Basically, Okina's name is super complicated, moreso than Yukari's name. Shame this isn't recognized in the Touhou Wiki.

>>18682029
>(which is obviously bullshit)
Which you have no proof for, I didn't say anything about their power in relation to each other, only that Okina outsmarted her, which she did.
>Ok. Want a cookie? Or doughnut?
Yes, thank you.
>That was Aya's interpretation of Zun's direction of making Okina more mature.
See pic
>No. Gods gain power from faith, and faith doesn't come from negative attention, which was mostly what Okina got.
And faith came from the incident, people can't believe in her if she never makes her power known, which is what she did.
>They certainly do not mean what you think they mean.
They're just not what you wanna hear, but that's too bad.