The Heavenly Numbers for male and female in Japan

      The numbers of male and female deities, five and three, suggest us an interesting relevancy that we have celebrated the Girl’s festival on 3^rd of March and that for Boys on 5^th of May every year. Furthermore, there has been another traditional celebration for children, called the Sichigosan, of 3 years of age for girls, of 5 for boys and of 7 for both in Japan. Each of these numbers is just coincident with that of female and male deities who were born at the Ukehii between Amaterasu-oomikami and Susanow-no-mikoto. These coincidences seem not to be fortuitous but to be based on the traditional thoughts about holy or heavenly numbers.

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