Science: Gods of Natural Disasters

 - Research a myth/legend/god(dess) that was used to explain a natural disaster/event.

= Ho-musubi

What is his story?

= Ho-musubi also known as Kagu-tsuchi or Hi-no kami in the Shinto religion of Japan, known as a God of Fire. his mother Izanami the female creator was fatally burned when giving birth to him; and his father Izanagi cut him into pieces creating serval new gods. 

During the hi-matsuri known as Fire festivals which is held a the beginning of the new year, worshippers carry back to their home hearths torches lit from the new fire started by the temple priest

What had the people observed and used to explain what was happening?

The fire god is revered as a purificatory agent as much as out of fear for his destructiveness. all fire-related events are caused by his destructiveness.

How does this match up to what is actually happening? connect to the scientific explanation.

=  such a destructive force as a fire in a culture where buildings were typically made out of wood and paper resulted in Kagutsuchi becoming an important object of Shinto rutial and a frequent receiver appeasing offerings. Don't leave fire around wood or paper unwatched it will catch on fire.