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Fast_Moon t1_je01vvl wrote

Japan has something similar. The god of education, Tenjin, was originally a poet named Sugawara no Michizane who lived 1000 years ago. During a regime change, he got ousted and exiled and died in shame. After his death, a bunch of calamities befell the government, leading people to believe that Michizane's vengeful spirit was cursing them, so they started worshipping him as a god to placate him.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tenjin_(kami)

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Khysamgathys OP t1_je0g8jv wrote

Unsurprising tbh, Japanese and Chinese folk religion share a lot of similarities, except Shinto got centralized.

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Angdrambor t1_je0zhlf wrote

>During a regime change, he got ousted and exiled and died in shame. After his death, a bunch of calamities befell the government, leading people to believe that Michizane's vengeful spirit was cursing them

wait, I'm pretty sure I've read this story a on /r/sysadmin. It's good to know this problem is older than computers.

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