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Did George R.R. Martin reference Shintō mythology? Or:

Parallel between A Song of Ice and Fire and Shintō mythology

On the one hand, Daenerys walks into her husband's funeral pyre after having given birth not too long ago and the magic of maegi Mirri Maz Duur is said to have birthed the three little dragons that Daeny considers her children.

On the other hand, to prove her husband Ninigi that she is pregnant with his child, Konohana Sakuyabime employs the truth ritual ukehi (誓占) to lock herself up in a birthing hut and set it on fire when she is about to give birth. From the ashes she returns unharmed, together with her three newborn sons.

Sources: A Game of Thrones (by George R.R. Martin), Kojiki (German translation by Klaus Antoni)

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Shintō elements/easter eggs in 7'scarlet

Charakter names:

Hanamaki (花蒔) -> Konohana Sakuyabime (木花之佐久夜毗売)

Kagutsuchi Hino (迦具土 ヒノ) -> Hino Kagutsuchi no Kami (火之迦具土神)

Amari (甘梨) -> Kamo no kimi (甘茂君)

Kushinada (櫛奈雫) -> Kushinadahime (櫛名田比売)

Tatehira (建比良) -> Takehiratori no mikoto (建比良鳥命)

Murakumo (叢雲) -> Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi (天叢雲剣) (other name for imperial regalia Kusanagi)

Hirasaka (比良坂) -> Yomotsu Hirasaka (黄泉比良坂)

Susano (須沙野) -> Takehaya Susanowo no Mikoto (建速須佐之男命)

Kukuri (久々利) -> Kukunochi no Kami (久々能智神)

Tsukuyomi Kagura (月読 カグラ) -> Tsukuyomi no mikoto (月読命); kagura (神楽)

Karasuma Chikage (烏丸 チカゲ) -> Yatagarasu (八咫烏)

Yatsukami Hanate (夜刀神 ハナテ) -> Yatsugatake Mountains (八ヶ岳連峰; myth-related to Konohana Sakuyabime); Konohana Sakuyabime (木花之佐久夜毗売); Futotama no mikoto (布刀玉命)

Other:

Iwanagahime myth -> Iwanagahime (石長比売), sister of Konohana Sakuyabime

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Media with Shintō elements

Animanga:

"Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha" by Yoshida Morohe

"Inu Yasha" by Takahashi Rumiko

"Jujutsu Kaisen" by Akutami Gege

"Kamisama Kiss"/"Kamisama Hajimemashita" by Suzuki Julietta

"Noragami" by Adachitoka

Movies:

"My Neighbor Totoro" by Miyazaki Hayao

"Princess Mononoke" by Miyazaki Hayao

"Spirited Away" by Miyazaki Hayao

"Noroi" by Shiraishi Kōji (horror movie)

Video Games:

"7'Scarlet" by Otomate/Idea Factory (Otome)

"Project Zero/Fatal Frame" franchise by Koei Tecmo (horror games)

"Ōkami" by Clover Studio/Capcom (Zelda clone)

"Raging Loop" by Kemco (Visual Novel mystery with romance, comedic and disturbing elements)

"Tokyo Dark" by Cherrymochi/Square Enix (Point-and-click-mystery with horror elements)

Fiction Books:

"Dragon Sword and Wind Child" by Noriko Ogiwara

Feel free to add more! This isn't an exhaustive list.

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Basic resources for people interested in Shintō

Resources in English:

Mythological text "Kojiki": translated by Donald L. Philippi (Princeton University Press, 1969); translation by Basil Hall Chamberlain online

Mythological text "Nihongi": translated by William George Aston (London, 1956); 1896 version online

Historical account including mythology "Izumo fudoki": translated by Michiko Yamaguchi Aoki (Tokyo, 1971)

Online Encyclopedia of Shinto (EoS) by Kokugakuin University

Resources in German:

"Kojiki" - deutsche Übersetzung von Klaus J. Antoni (Berlin, 2012)

"Nihongi" - deutsche Übersetzung von Karl Florenz (1901), Link

"Die Mythen des alten Japan" von Nelly Naumann (Köln, 2011)

"Die einheimische Religion Japans - Teil 1: Bis zum Ende der Heian-Zeit" von Nelly Naumann (Leiden/Niederlande, 1988)

"Shintō - Eine Einführung" von Ernst Lokowandt (München, 2001)

NOTE: Aston, Chamberlain and Florenz are very biased due to their time period and nationality so take their interpretations with a grain of salt! Also, most of these researchers are white and non-Japanese so they might be biased as well!