John Lennon's Core God is Omoikane

Why John Lennon is "Omoikane"

Omoikane is the god of wisdom who, in the myth of the heavenly cave, thought through "how can we call the sun back?" In Kamitype, more than nine in ten people fall under the nine principal gods; only rarely does this hidden god appear. About 1 in 30 — that rarity marks one who is never content with the ordinary phrase, who draws the single line no one had drawn before.

Lennon's songs outlast their era not for the beauty of the melody alone. He poured thought into the vessel of a song and turned to the listener to ask, "is it really so?" He set a quiet question mark beside values taken for granted and invited us to imagine — exactly the work of Omoikane, who draws a line of intellect through what would otherwise drift into vagueness. The mind that handed the world not raw feeling but a question thought all the way through echoes in this placement.

Omoikane is also the "hidden face" of the sky god — the seat of cunning that, behind the dazzling stage, sees to the essence of things and designs the next move. Lennon, too, was not merely a singer; he wielded words and images strategically and sought to move culture itself. An eye that sees to the heart of things and the strategy to give it form — this rarely seen hidden god quietly tells of how singular his intellect was.

• An intellect that pours thought into song and questions the world
• A hidden god seen in 1 in 30 — the rare mark of one who draws lines
• An eye for essence that designs strategies to move culture itself

Who is "Omoikane"?

知恵の神。岩戸神話で「どうすべきか」を考えた策謀家。曖昧さに線を引く者。

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