Editing Mount Fuji (section)

=== Shinto mythology ===
In [[Shinto]] mythology, [[Kuninotokotachi]] (国之常立神<sup>[[Help:Installing Japanese character sets|?]]</sup>, ''Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami'', in ''[[Kojiki]]'') (国常立尊<sup>[[Help:Installing Japanese character sets|?]]</sup>, ''Kuninotokotachi-no-Mikoto'', in ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'') is one of the two [[Kami|gods]] born from "something like a [[Reed bed|reed]] that arose from the soil" when the earth was [[Chaos (cosmogony)|chaotic]]. According to the ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', [[Konohanasakuya-hime]], wife of [[Ninigi]], is the goddess of Mount Fuji, where [[Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha]] is dedicated to her.

In ancient times, the mountain was worshipped from afar. The [[Asama shrine]] was set up at the foothills to ward off eruptions. In the [[Heian period]] (794–1185), volcanic activity subsided and Fuji was used as a base for [[Shugendō]], a syncretic religion combining mountain worship and Buddhism. Worshippers began to climb the slopes, and by the early 12th century, [[Matsudai Shonin]] had founded a temple on the summit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fujisan223.com/en/reason/ |title=Mt. Fuji's selection as a cultural World Heritage site |publisher=Mt. Fuji World Heritage Div., Culture and Tourism Dept, Shizuoka Prefecture |access-date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=April 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415231753/https://www.fujisan223.com/en/reason/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Fujiko (religion)|Fuji-kō]] was an [[Edo period]] cult centred around the mountain founded by an ascetic named [[Hasegawa Kakugyō]] (1541–1646).<ref name="melton">{{cite book|url=https://ds.amu.edu.et/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/5699/%5BJ._Gordon_Melton%5D_The_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_P%28BookFi.org%29.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|last=Melton|first=J. Gordon|author-link=J. Gordon Melton|publisher=[[Visible Ink Press]]|title=Encyclopedia of Religious Phenomena|year=2008|location=Canton, MI|isbn=9781578592593|page=231|access-date=November 17, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231117204959/https://ds.amu.edu.et/xmlui/bitstream/handle/123456789/5699/[J._Gordon_Melton]_The_Encyclopedia_of_Religious_P(BookFi.org).pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|archive-date=November 17, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> The cult venerated the mountain as a female deity, and encouraged its members to climb it. In doing so, they would be reborn, "purified and... able to find happiness." The cult waned in the [[Meiji period]], and although it persists to this day, it has been subsumed into [[Shintō]] sects.<ref name="melton"/>