The name can be translated literally as `the month when there are no gods`. In Shinto tradition it was said that the eight million gods of Japan left their shrines and congregated annually at Izumo Taisha. There the month was known as 神在月, `the month when the gods are present`. However, the 無 character, which normally means `absent` ...
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(from the article `Izumo`) ...are numerous other shrines and tombs in the Izumo area. It is believed that every October all the Shint gods meet at one of the smaller shrines. ...
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