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Japan -- Creation
It is told in Japan that the "Goddess Above All Others" was having
intercourse with a cousin, and the cousin's sperm dropped into the
water and Japan was formed from this.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 01-00-1990
Belief
Anything that I dropped on the floor or the ground, I would
kiss it up to God. By doing this, I felt that nothing would harm
me. I had a special saying that I used to ease the pain of
dropping something good out of my hand, "God made dirt, dirt don't
hurt. Put it in your mouth and it will work."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Gods SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 06-00-1974
IF IT'S THUNDERING AND LIGHTNING, GOD IS BOWLING
UPSTAIRS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
WHEN IT'S THUNDERING AND LIGHTNING, IT MEANS THAT
GOD IS MOVING FURNITURE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
THE INDIANS USED TO BELIEVE THAT A FOOL OR AN IDIOT WAS
TOUCHED BY THE GODS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
THE BEST DAY FOR WEDDING:
DO WEDDING CEREMONY ON THE DAY OF "TAIAN" AND DO NOT HOLD
IT ON THE DAY OF "BUTSUMETSU."
"TAIAN"---THE DAY OF BUDDHA WAS BORN.
"BUTSUMETSU"---THE DAY OF BUDDHA DIED.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of quality |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
IT IS A CUSTOM TO MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AS YOU PASS
A CHURCH. THIS IS DONE TO SHOW HONOR FOR GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-19-1970
IT'S AN OLD CUSTOM OF THE GREEK CATHOLICS TO MAKE THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING THE HOUSE. IT
IS TO MAKE SURE GOD IS WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Date learned: 02-08-1971
ANGELS
LIGHTNING IS THE RESULT OF THE CLASHING OF THE SWORDS OF THE GODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-01-1968