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''Japanese/Okinawan'': ノロ ''(noro, nuru)''
''Noro'' were [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] village priestesses, who performed a variety of rituals and ceremonies for the people of the area. Most ''[[magiri]]'' had several ''noro''.<ref name=furusato>Plaques at reproduction of a noro's house, Okinawa Furusato Mura, Ocean Expo Park, Nakijin.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15456827940/sizes/h/]</ref>
Prior to the 16th century, ''noro'' had considerable local power. In the 16th century, however, King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] significantly reduced the ''noro's'' power, establishing a new hierarchy of priestesses, more closely controlled by the government, and headed by his sister, the ''[[kikoe-ogimi|kikoe-ôgimi]]''.<ref>Kerr, George H. (2000). Okinawa: the History of an Island People. (revised ed.) Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 111.</ref> Under this new system, ''noro'' were appointed and granted land in each ''magiri''. They often had their own assistants, called ''ucchigami'' (控神) in the case of male assistants, and ''niigami'' (根神) in the case of female ones.<ref name=furusato/>
Their homes, known as ''nuru nu dunchi'', were typically just the same as other private homes in the village, with the difference of the inclusion of a shrine to the fire spirit (''hi nu kan'').<ref name=furusato/>
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==References==
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[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
''Noro'' were [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryukyuan]] village priestesses, who performed a variety of rituals and ceremonies for the people of the area. Most ''[[magiri]]'' had several ''noro''.<ref name=furusato>Plaques at reproduction of a noro's house, Okinawa Furusato Mura, Ocean Expo Park, Nakijin.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/15456827940/sizes/h/]</ref>
Prior to the 16th century, ''noro'' had considerable local power. In the 16th century, however, King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] significantly reduced the ''noro's'' power, establishing a new hierarchy of priestesses, more closely controlled by the government, and headed by his sister, the ''[[kikoe-ogimi|kikoe-ôgimi]]''.<ref>Kerr, George H. (2000). Okinawa: the History of an Island People. (revised ed.) Boston: Tuttle Publishing, 111.</ref> Under this new system, ''noro'' were appointed and granted land in each ''magiri''. They often had their own assistants, called ''ucchigami'' (控神) in the case of male assistants, and ''niigami'' (根神) in the case of female ones.<ref name=furusato/>
Their homes, known as ''nuru nu dunchi'', were typically just the same as other private homes in the village, with the difference of the inclusion of a shrine to the fire spirit (''hi nu kan'').<ref name=furusato/>
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==References==
<references/>
[[Category:Women]]
[[Category:Religious Figures]]
[[Category:Ryukyu]]
