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It doesn't matter if a non-Japanese audience can unambiguously tell that kawa and gawa have the same meaning. Kawa has no mechanical significance on Kamigawa and minimal story significance. Environment and character are not separate, but become parts of the same motif. Kami have a story and mechanical identity on Kamigawa, so a non-Japanese audience being able to unambiguously tell what is or is not a kami is valuable. With its central role of this element in Shinto tradition, Spirited Away would seem to have a quintessentially Japanese cultural message that the road home to reunion with one’s true name, soul and life path, is a profoundly purifying experience.

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The sign of Water governs Chihiro’s quest. by Sounds from the Shire Includes download in mp3, FLAC and more. Kawa no Kami is Chihiro’s revelation of her own ability (she even receives a hug from Yubaba) and it is the first phase of her recollection of the river incident of her childhood (and thus the road to recovering Haku’s real name).

I see this as an extension of Kawa no Kami, the God of the Rivers who becomes an ally of Chihiro’s when she rises to the challenge of *successfully* bathing him.

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When Haku’s full name to Nigihayami Kohakunushi is restored, Memory is the purifying agent here. Kaya-no-hime (), also called Kanoyanohime-no-Kami (), Kusanooyakaya-no-hime (), Kusano-hime (), or Nozuchi () (meaning Moorland Elder), 1 2 is the Japanese goddess of vegetation, grass, and fields. The clotted River, like the Haku’s re-inscribed name, violates the natural order and requires ritual purification if balance is to be restored. Kami have purifying rituals to purge the dirt, presumably, of human misuse of their gifts. Since “Yubaba’s bathhouse has the important function of helping the deities regain their strength and feel rejuvenated before returning to the human world” (15) and the act of “soaking oneself in pure water is thought to have a powerful cleansing effect in Shinto” (15) the bath scene with the Stink God reveals the relationship of the underlying order governing the ikai in the context of a strong reference to Shinto tradition.

When the Stink God visits Yubaba’s bathhouse it is revealed to be Kawa no Kami, the God of the Rivers, as the result of a purification ritual. It was originally serialized in the newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun between Jand April 23, 2007, before being released in bound format by publisher Chuokoron-Shinsha. In that sense the river is present as part of Chihiro’s quest and frames it. 'Light of the River') is a 2007 Japanese children's adventure novel written by Hisaki Matsuura and featuring illustrations by Kazuko Shimazu. The motif of the river is present throughout the film Spirited Away since Chihiro’s kindred spirit is a river god who has saved her as a child.