Kanon (2)
Kanon
is one of the names by which the official list or register of the Church is known. It is also frequently spoken of as , list of the priesthood, and hence spiritual persons were denominated , canonici, and , men of the canon, because their names were entered in the list. The word had also other significations. The assent of the catechumens to a summary of the leading articles of the Christian faith was required, and this creed was variously designated; sometimes , the rule, sometimes , the faith, and symbolum, a badge or token (see Riddle, Christian Antiquities, s. y.). SEE CANON.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Kanon (2)
in Japanese mythology, was the son of Amida. According to Picard (Ceremonies et Coutumes’ Religieuses, 7), this god is half fish, half man, or he crawls out of the throat of a proportionally large fish. The form, almost entirely female, is clothed in a light garment, the neck decorated with pearls, and the head with flowers. It has four hands, two of which are lifted up, and two are down. The latter carry a sceptre and a flower, the uplifted right hand is closed to a fist, the left carries a ring. Before this figure there lies a, large, open sea-shell, out of which a man projects in the position of worship. This idol stands in the temple of the god at Osaka, where it is worshipped as a fish or sea deity; also as creator of sun and moon.