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Questions pertaining to the traditional Japanese polytheistic religion Shinto 神道
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What is the Japanese human origin myth?
The Kojiki of Shinto states the origins of mankind as an action of Izanami-no-Mikoto:
Izanami started his cleansing rites and in doing so he created the
Goddess of the seas and the Goddess of the … I should probably also point out that the term "polytheism" as it is understood in the West doesn't really apply to Shinto. …
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Is there a kami of Aokigahara?
In essence, Shinto states that Kami are elements of the landscape, forces of nature, spirits of the dead, roads, tools, anything really - there are over 300 categories of Kami according to Shinto tradition … However, very few Shinto practitioners would subscribe to the notion that Aokihagara is exclusively inhabited by Kitsune that drive people to suicide. …
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Is there a Japanese equivalent to the three fates?
Although Shinto rituals involve giving thanks with the implication that giving thanks will bring good things in the future, fate as we generally define it is a novel idea in Japanese culture. … There is a Shinto superstition that says if you ask "what if" questions they will come true, but it doesn't attribute this to fate deities. …
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Why 1000 years and not 900 or 800 years for kitsune to ascend to heaven?
The Japanese tales are an adoption of Chinese mythology's húli jīng (狐狸精), appearing in a collection of tales from the Warring States, the Shan Hai Jing (山海經). The life span of the creature is only m …
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If the ox tiger is an unlucky direction, why build an entrance to it?
The article on Wikipedia gives as examples of temples with Kimon facing north-east:
Enryaku-ji
Kan'ei-ji
These temples are deliberately constructed for the Kimon to face the nearby (Capitol) city, …
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