https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2015/10/29/a-yokai-a-day-sugawara-no-michizane/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:37:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2015/10/29/a-yokai-a-day-sugawara-no-michizane/comment-page-1/#comment-31765 Tue, 29 Jan 2019 06:15:20 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=11618#comment-31765 Michizane had twenty-three children from his legal wife and concubines. I am descended from one of the latter. Thus, I am a son of a bitch son of a god. My grandmother wanted me to become a kannushi (Shinto priest) as was her father. I instead left the legal profession to become a Lutheran pastor and therefore do not believe great-grandpa+ is any kind of deity whatsoever. I have not suffered any divine wrath from my alleged tatarigami ancestor though some may say I have avoided his consternation by using the famiy kamon as my avatar.

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