RELG 253 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Amaterasu, Shinto Shrine, Kannushi

• School: McGill University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELG 253
• Professor: Lisa M.Blake, Jingjing Li

Document Summary

The way of the gods came from china. A lot of documents in japan is written in chinese due to the imperial government. Found in natural setting and made with natural material. Further down the road theres a shinto shrine. Early days: most of the communications with the kami is with the miko. Modern days: it is the kannushi that has the connection with the gods. Shimenawa (sacred rope) & gohei (white paper streamers) A differentiations with just the shrine space area or the purified sacred space thats beyond the rope. Space before the ropes there are some impurity but once you step through the rope you are at a pure area. Only the kannushi and the miko can go past the rope. Have all three of the precious articles of shinto as the logo. Ise jingu shrine for amaterasu omikami. Beams that go up in the air like a v shape. The chinese influence : yin and yang influence.