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Shinto Religion

Shinto Religion. Salvador, Scott, Michael. Shinto Facts. Shinto has no known founders nor a founding date Indigenous to Japan Religious texts are Kojiki , Nihongi or Nihon shoki Polytheistic based on the kami

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Shinto Religion

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  1. Shinto Religion Salvador, Scott, Michael

  2. Shinto Facts • Shinto has no known founders nor a founding date • Indigenous to Japan • Religious texts are Kojiki, Nihongi or Nihon shoki • Polytheistic based on the kami • Worship and offerings are brought to the kami at shrines at home, also known as purification rituals

  3. Shinto beliefs • Humans are pure by nature and can keep away evil through purification rituals • Humans can attain good things by calling on the kami • Death is bad and impure; some humans become kami after death • In the Shinto, there is no right or wrong, nobody is perfect

  4. Shinto worship • Shinto priests are both men and women • They usually live on the shrine grounds and are usually aided in ritual by younger women (miko) which are usually the priests’ daughters • Miko are usually unmarried and wear white kimono • http://video.answers.com/shinto-rituals-in-tokyo-japan-516939812

  5. Kami

  6. Sources • http://www.religionfacts.com/shinto/index.htm • http://www.religionfacts.com/big_religion_chart.htm • http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2056.html

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