REL-205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Japanese Mythology, Kojiki, Kami
4 Nov 2016
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Loosely organized native japanese religion with wide variety of beliefs and practices: ter(cid:373) (cid:858)shi(cid:374)to(cid:859) coi(cid:374)ed (cid:1010)th century ad from chinese shen and tao (literally: the way of the gods, preferred japanese term: kami-no-michi. Kami: mana, occult-animistic forces, deities of heaven and earth, spirits of humans, animals, and nature. Parents of other kami: amarterasu is the sun goddess. The wedded rocks: shinto shrine: representing izanagi and izanami. Shinto shrine: a shrine also known as jinja is a sacred place where the kami live. Amaterasu: the sun goddess characterized by her warmth and beauty, deity of hope for the land of japan, guided the people of japan to fully understand their potential, one of the main symbols is the mirror. Coming of buddhism in 6th century ce motivates collection of myths as. Kami-no-michi allowed for limitless number of gods, goddesses, spirits, ancestor worship, animism. Chinese influence on shinto: chinese and korean merchants and missionaries enter japan, japanese adopt and adapt.
