Abstract
In this paper, I try to examine the representation of folkloric ritual, focusing on the Take-Kagura handed down in Iwate prefecture, from the viewpoint of ordinary bodily experience. The expression "Yamanokami spreads foods among the people," has been considered to be an idealistic, or spiritual, expression. However, it is fundamentally dependent on an "image scheme of supply," formed through the recurrence of bodily experience of ordinary everyday life. In the bodily/physical experiences of people in the area of Take-Kagura, natural phenomenon as the supplier of food is basically an incomprehensible being. But it is converted into a comprehensible pattern, such as the expression of Kami in the moment of prayer or ritual. On the other hand, the cognitive system for knowing Kami is revitalized through the everyday bodily experience of supplies received from nature and through ritual that expresses the Kami. Therefore the bodily experience of receiving gifts from nature is understood as the "grace of Kami," associated with the feelings of "delight," "thanksgiving," and "closeness."
