#im pretty sure nobody reallly cares abt these posts but idc

[greendest1ny]

hello ninjago fandom, it's me again!!! do you want to hear about some more traditional oni folklore?

you do? perfect.

today, i'll be telling you all some traditional ways that oni were warded off or weakened, straight from the original japanese mythology.

i'll start off with the one everyone knows: soybeans. During Setsubun, people will partake in the bean-throwing ritual, '豆撒き', or 'Mamemaki', to ward off oni and bring in luck for the new year. People will throw roasted soybeans, '福豆', or 'fukumame', meaning fortune beans, out the front door or at a family member wearing an oni mask, yelling '鬼は外! 福は内!' or 'Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!', meaning 'oni out, luck in!', and slamming the front door after.

now onto the lesser known ones; sardines, holly, and shinto and buddhist religious practices.

the odor and smoke from roasted sardines are said to repulse oni, and they are also warded off by holly leaves, as they are reportedly frightened that the sharp ends in the holly leaves will poke their eyes out. as a result, on setsubun, it is customary to make a ward out of sardine heads and holly leaves, called a '柊鰯', or 'hiiragi iwashi', and display it at the entrance of your home.

finally, what appears to keep oni away is both shinto and buddhist practices, especially wards and cleansing rituals, such as the shinto harae and ofuda, and the buddhist sutras, talisman, wards.

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who knew that the ninja didn't need to do the tornado of creation to defeat the oni, but just start making lunch? a roasted sardine sandwich with roasted soybeans on the side.

i can just imagine it being festival day (the ninjago equivalent of christmas), and someone deciding to hang up some holly, only to find garmadon covering his eyes and backing away very slowly, with lloyd clinging to his leg and wu hiding behind his hat

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other oni lore

what repels oni, how oni were created, oni and cannibalism, kijin/source oni, traditional oni weapons, traditional oni stories

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