The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (911 page)

 
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Hachimaki
(white cloth of samurai)
:

see
KAMIKAZE
.

 
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(Jap., ‘eight banners’). A popular Shinto deity, often associated with good fortune in war. The worship of Hachiman spread quickly in early Japan, and by the 8th cent. CE a distinctive Shinto cult devoted to Hachiman had developed.
In Japanese Buddhism, Hachiman was integrated as H.
Daibosatsu
, the Great
Bodhisattva
, the first Shinto deity to be so treated. He is regarded as the incarnation of
Amida
.

 
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Hadad
.

A god of the Amorites and
Canaanites
.

 
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Hadassah
.

The women's
Zionist
organization of America. According to its constitution, Hadassah is dedicated to ‘the ideals of Judaism, Zionism, American democracy, healing, teaching and medical research’. It was founded in the USA early in the 20th cent.

 
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(Arab.). Ritual impurity for a Muslim, major or minor, which can only be eliminated by appropriate ablutions,
ghusl
or
wu
’.