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«ISSUES OF JAPANOLOGY, vol. 9» St-Petersburg State Univ 2022 521 Men carrying the two-ton Ôtori Mikoshi, July 25, 2019 It becomes thus quite clear that, despite being based on real beliefs present in Japanese culture, the taboos upheld by these male communities are more supported by principles that represent a collective memory of “traditional” beliefs than religious precepts upheld in contemporary society. Emiko Namihira states that “to this day, in certain fishing and mountain villages and on large construction sites such as tunnels, dams, and underground railways, it is believed that if a woman enters the place where men are working, an accident will happen. This is said to be because Yamanokami (the mountain goddess) and Funadama (the guardian goddess of boats), who protect workers from danger, are jealous of women 9 .” My informants from Saijo Matsuri said the same thing: women should only appear on the matsuri 9 Emiko Namihira. 1987. “Pollution in the Folk Belief System” in Current Anthropology , Vol. 28, No. 4, Supplement: An Anthropological Profile of Japan (Aug. - Oct., 1987), pp. S65-S74