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Shinto

Shinto. Location. Founder/Origin. Japan. No one 500 BCE - 300 CE. Holidays. Sects/Branches. Shrine Shinto Sect Shinto State Shinto Folk Shinto. Shogatsu Matsuri January Obon Matsuri Spring Festival “ Haru Matsuri ” Harvest/Autumn Festival “Aki Matsuri ”. Nihongi Kojiki.

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Shinto

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  1. Shinto

  2. Location Founder/Origin • Japan • No one • 500 BCE - 300 CE

  3. Holidays Sects/Branches • Shrine Shinto • Sect Shinto • State Shinto • Folk Shinto • ShogatsuMatsuri • January • Obon • Matsuri • Spring Festival • “HaruMatsuri” • Harvest/Autumn Festival • “Aki Matsuri” • Nihongi • Kojiki Holy Texts Clothing • Women wear kimonos

  4. Creation Myth • World was fluid, turbulent, formless chaos • Izanagi (male) and Izanami (female) created the world • Amaterasu • Sun goddess from whom first Japanese emperor descended Nature of/Relationship with Gods • Celestial deities • Worshipkami

  5. Holy Cities/Today Hierarchy/Women • Mount Fuji • Most sacred • Shrine • Mostly in Japan • 4 million • Emperor at the top • Women are inferior to men, but can be clergy Supernatural Beings • Kami • Some benign and some demonic • Divinities of clans, essences of geographical features • Oni • Animal spirits • Ancestral spirits

  6. Basic Beliefs Rituals/Customs/ Rules • Family, clan, solidarity • Group is more important than the individual • Reverence for nature and beauty • Rules are necessary to govern human behavior • “The Way of the Gods” • Omiyamairi • Birth ritual • Venerate ancestor spirits (Ie) • Personal and ritual purity • Obedience to Emperor • Wash before entering shrines • Creation of miniature family shrines

  7. Salvation/Afterlife • Save face • Obey emperor • No emphasis on reward/punishment • “Soul” of deceased exerts an influence on the living before merging with kami ancestors

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