RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Shimenawa, Ujigami, Norito
23 Jan 2016
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Bath culture because of the pollution of japan. Place salt next to the entrance of a new store to purify the costumers. Sumo reach into a box of salt and threw it into the ring. Chanting norito, purify a new car, a new home . Great deal of attention paid to clean and dirty in modern. Separation of the toilet and the path in order to separate the clean and the dirt. In the toilet, wear special slippers to keep your feet clean. Direct descendant of amaterasu (the sun god) who sent his grand son to became an emperor. Father of the nation, the nation is his family. The japanese ppl are touched by kami nature. During the war, the japanese ppl emphasize the fact that they are superior to the barbarians to the west: gen. douglas macarthur (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) He made the emperor say that he is not a kami and to leave his position.
