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|greeting=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest! | |greeting=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest! | ||
|encouraging=Don't look so glum, my little mountaineer! At times like this, just look to the mountain and scream your heart out! Like this: Mouuuuuntaineeeeering! | |encouraging=Don't look so glum, my little mountaineer! At times like this, just look to the mountain and scream your heart out! Like this: Mouuuuuntaineeeeering! | ||
|touched | |touched=Eh? What? Of course I change my clothes! Who doesn't?! I don't, um... smell or anything, do I? | ||
|conversation-1=It's time to climb! That peak, shining gloriously in the morning sun! That will be my next conquest! | |||
|conversation- | |conversation-2=My training program is more comprehensive than ever! I have been climbing not just mountains, but peaks and pinnacles too! Eh? Anything else, you ask? What else is there? | ||
|conversation- | |conversation-3=Ah, look at it all! The mist on the summit! The gushing mountain spring! Truly, a friend by my side reflects the mountain's beauty tenfold. Thank you for this wisdom. | ||
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|conversation-4=I wonder if this mountain harbors a hot spring. If we find one, perhaps we should slip in together. Hm? What's so indecent about that? | |conversation-4=I wonder if this mountain harbors a hot spring. If we find one, perhaps we should slip in together. Hm? What's so indecent about that? | ||
|self=Mountain Demon of Shinjuku, eh? It fits a little strangely, but I will do my best to live up to that name! H-hey, stop laughing! Don't mock your elders! | |self=Mountain Demon of Shinjuku, eh? It fits a little strangely, but I will do my best to live up to that name! H-hey, stop laughing! Don't mock your elders! | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
*His Role is "Mountain Ascetic" and his Rule is "Traveling on Foot." | *His Role is "Mountain Ascetic" and his Rule is "Traveling on Foot." | ||
* | * Zao is usually portrayed as a violent deity, one foot raised to stamp down evil. | ||
*''Gongen'' are the protectors or essences of a particular place in Japan. Zao Gongen is the protective deity of [[wikipedia:Mount_Zaō|Mount Zaō]], one of the peaks used extensively by [[wikipedia:Shugendō|Shugendō]] practitioners for pilgrimage and other ascetic practices. | |||
* [[wikipedia:En_no_Gyōja|En no Gyōja]], founder of Shugendō, adopted Zao Gongen as his patron for aiding in the battle against evil. As such, many pilgrims participate in rituals carried out in his main temple, Kinbusen-ji, with the intent of driving out evil. | |||
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