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Kami may, at its root, simply mean spirit, or an aspect of spirituality. It is written with the kanji 神, Sino-Japanese reading shin or jin. In Chinese, the character means deity or spirit. [8] In the Ainu language, the word kamuy refers to an animistic concept very similar to Japanese kami.
In the Shinto religion of Japan, Tenjin (天神), also called Tenman Daijizai Tenjin (天満大自在天神), is the patron kami (deity) of academics, scholarship, of learning, and of the intelligentsia.
This suggests that there was a belief in spiritual foxes in ancient Japan. [10] The "Chujin Harai-kun," a book written in the 12th century, states that the kami's messenger is second only to the eight great kami and is subordinate to the 100,000 kami. Moreover, "Kitakami Yuki-fu," an essay written in the early 19th century, explains that a ...
Azumi-no-isora (阿曇磯良) is a kami of the seashore. He is considered to be the ancestor of the Azumi people. Dojin (土神), is a Japanese god of earth, land, and/or soil. [citation needed] Futodama (布刀玉命) is a kami who performed a divination when Amaterasu hid in a cave. [16] Futsunushi (経津主神) Main deity at Katori Shrine.
The Kojiki portrays Ame-no-Minakanushi as the first god to appear in the heavenly realm of Takamagahara after the emergence of heaven and earth from the primeval chaos: . At the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami; next, Takamimusubi-no-Kami; next, Kamimusubi-no-Kami.
A torii gateway to the Yobito Shrine (Yobito-jinja) in Abashiri City, HokkaidoThere is no universally agreed definition of Shinto. [2] According to Joseph Cali and John Dougill, if there was "one single, broad definition of Shinto" that could be put forward, it would be that "Shinto is a belief in kami", the supernatural entities at the centre of the religion. [3]
Musubi-no-Kami (結びの神, lit. ' deity of binding ') – One of the Shinto kami of creation; also known as the kami of matchmaking, love, and marriages. Musuhi – A term in Shinto for the spiritual influences that produces all the things in the universe and helps them develop and complete their cycle. Myōjin (明神, lit.
In Japanese folklore, spiriting away (Japanese: Kamikakushi , lit. ' hidden by kami ') refers to the mysterious disappearance or death of a person, after they had angered the spirits (kami). There are numerous legends of humans being abducted to the spirit world by kami.