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Shinto (神道, Shintō) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It is a type of polytheism, and involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), or spirits. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but others represent major natural objects and processes: for example, Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, or Mount Fuji. Shinto is an animistic belief system. The word Shinto, from the original Chinese Shendao (神道), combines two kanji: "shin" (神, "shin"?) (loanwords usually retain their Chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning gods or spirits; and "tō" (道, "tō"?), meaning a philosophical way or path (originally from the Chinese word dao). As such, Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods." Some differences exist between koshinto (the ancient Shintō) and the many types of Shinto taught and practiced today, showing the influences of Buddhism when it was introduced into Japan in the sixth century.

Trivia about shinto

  • Miko are women dedicated to working with the Kami, this Japanese religion's sacred powers
  • Shrines of this religion have two main parts: the haiden, open to visitors, & the honden, closed to laymen
  • The children of Izanagi & Izanami include the islands of Japan & deities of this religion
  • Hie Jinja, dedicated to Oyamakui no Kami, is a Tokyo shrine of this religion
  • The name of this Japanese religion means "The way of the gods"
  • (Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands outside a shrine.) Gates called torii represent the boundary between sacred & ordinary space at the thousands of shrines of this religion all over Japan
  • The state form of this religion was disestablished in Japan after World War II
  • In the 18th century, this ancient Japanese religion was revived through the writings of Mabuchi & others
  • Its most sacred books are Kojiki, or "Record of Ancient Events", & Nihongi, or "Chronicle of Japan"
  • This religion is translated as "way of the Kami"
  • The Japanese once worshiped their emperor as a descendant of Amaterasu Omikami. the top goddess in this religion
  • In Japanese this religion means "way of the gods"
  • Compiled in 712, the Kojiki, "Records of Ancient Matters", is one of this religion's oldest texts
  • You'll find gateways, like the one seen here, at sacred sites of this religion
  • In this religion, Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, is said to be the ancestor of Japan's imperial family
  • A principal religion of Japan, it has no official sacred scriptures
  • Japan's emperor was worshipped as a descendant of Amaterasu-Omikami, this religion's sun goddess
  • One symbol of this Japanese religion is the Torii, a large gate traditionally made of wood
  • Early stories in this Japanese religion appeared in the Nihongi & Kojiki, both written around 1,300 years ago
  • The name of this Japanese religion actually comes from Chinese words
  • Omoikane is the god of wisdom in this indigenous Japanese religion
  • The name of this religion means "the way of the gods" in both Chinese & Japanese
  • In Dec. 1945 the supreme commander of the Allied Powers in Japan disestablished this religion
  • Kami worship
  • This religion's name translates as "the way of divine power"

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