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Tho rainbowhu’s fashion taste is worse than heca’s, she does have many stories behind her
But these jap lores all fucking fused together like shit; I’m not really sure if all stuffs are correct

>Dōsojin (道祖神, road ancestor kami):
As tutelary deities of borders and paths, Dōsojins are believed to protect travellers, pilgrims, villages, and individuals in "transitional stages" from epidemics and evil spirits.

>Kunado/Funato-no-Kami (岐の神, god of crossroads):
Kunado/Funato-no-Kami are Japanese local gods protecting the boundaries of a village, and refraining malicious or harmful spirits and influences from entering, thereby preventing disasters. According to the Kojiki, Kunado-no-kami was born when god Izanagi-no-Mikoto threw away his trousers (褌, fundoshi) to wash himself after returning from Yomi, the land of the dead. The Nihon Shoki and Kogoshūi tell the same myth, but call the kami Sarutahiko, and claimed that Kunado-no-Kami was born from a stick he threw at a demoness.
The term "Kunado-no-Kami" and its variants are derived ultimately from Japanese: 来な処 ku-na-do, meaning a place that is not to be entered, a taboo or sacred space. In some cases, the protection of these kami extends to roads and paths, in which capacity the variant name Chimata-no-Kami (巷の神, god of alleys) is likely to be applied. Kunado-no-Kami is considered to be one of the prototypes of Dosojin.

>(Mi-)Chimata-no-Kami (道俣神, god of divided roads):
When Izanagi-no-Mikoto came back from Yomi, the land of the dead, and took off his clothes to do Misogi (禊), the god born from his hakama (袴) is Chimata-no-Kami. Chimata means that roads are divided, and it also refers to the crossroads in life.
In ancient times, anything that brought in dirt from outside the village is an abomination. If dirt (illness) is brought into a village, all villagers may be wiped out. Therefore, it was necessary for travelers to clean up the dirt on them before entering villages to do business. And where would dirt cling to? Clothes (hakama) can be an answer. That is probably why hakama and misogi were combined to create the Chimata-no-Kami.

>Sai/Sae-no-Kami (塞の神, god of fortress):
In modern times, Dōsojin have become fused in popular belief with different deities having similar characteristics like Kunado-no-Kami & Sae-no-Kami. When god Izanagi-no-Mikoto sought to leave after going to the land of the dead (Yomi no Kuni) to visit his spouse Izanami-no-Mikoto, he was chased by the demoness Yomotsushikome (黄泉醜女, lit. Yomi ugly woman). To stop her, he threw her a stick from which Sae-no-Kami was born. For this reason, he is the kami who prevents the passage of the spirits of the dead into the world of the living, and therefore a god who is a protector of boundaries.
[I feel like the foregoing 3 gods are all mixed in those old jap book; maybe you can take them as the same god]

And plus the rainbow part in >>34608742, you can now form a chain from Izanagi to rainbowhu
In short, Chimata is a blend of many jap lores
>summarized from jp sources
>jp wiki of 岐の神, 道祖神, イザナギ, 神産み, 道俣神 & https://nihonsinwa.com/