Thursday, June 25, 2009

Definitions of SHINTO on the Web


SHINTO



Definitions of SHINTO on the Web:

the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
the ancient indigenous religion of Japan lacking formal dogma; characterized by a veneration of nature spirits and of ancestors
relating to or characteristic of Shintoism; "Shinto temples"


Tenshinhan天津飯nicknamed Tenaddressed as Tien Shinhan (usually Tien) in most English adaptations, is a fictional character in the Dragon ...


Shintoism - The Shinto religion of Japan


Japan's oldest and original intrinsic religion is Shinto. In Shintoism everything in the natural world possesses it's own spirit, or kami. Shinto is based upon the worship of and coexistence with the natural world. The highest deity in the Shinto pantheon is the sun goddess Amaterasu. ...www.theblackmoon.com/Gloss/agloss2.html

( in saint: Shintō ) ...with ancestor worship; it does not have saints according to the standards of ethical perfection or of exceptionally ...


The native religious system of Japan, the central belief of which is that the mikado is the direct descendant of the sun-goddess and that implicit obedience is due to him. Wikipedia.


based on the Chinese words shen and dao, "the way of the gods;" the indigenous religious tradition of Japan. Fundamentally threefold in scope, it centers around reverence for land (the country of Japan), for the natural environment and for ancestors (family). See also kami.


A "new" sword made between about 1573 and 1760.


The native religion of Japan based on a system of nature and ancestor worship. A Shinto wedding. The bride wears a white head covering..


Japan's indigenous religion, based on the premise that gods inhabit all natural things, both animate and inanimate.


[shin’ toe] A predominantly Japanese religion that focuses on the worship of nature and ancestors.


http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?Sectio ...


native religion of Japan, stresses importance of nature and worship of kami, 51% of pop. are followers - 1 miss



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