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A miko (), or shrine maiden, [1] [2] is a young priestess [3] who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, [4] but are understood in modern Japanese culture to be an institutionalized [5] role in daily life, trained to perform tasks, ranging from sacred cleansing [4] to performing the sacred Kagura dance.
Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 547 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Women occupy a unique role in the indigenous Japanese traditions of Shinto, including a unique form of participation as temple stewards and shamans, or miko.Though a ban on female Shinto priests was lifted during World War II, the number of women priests in Shinto is a small fraction of contemporary clergy.
To different interpreters, this early Japanese shaman queen can appear as evidence of communalism (Marxists), Jōmon priestess rulers (Feminist history), the Japanese conquest of Korea, [51] the Mongolian conquest of Japan (Namio Egami's "horserider theory" ), the imperial system originating with tandem rule by a female shaman and male monarch ...
Japanese brands: Subcategories. This category has the following 43 subcategories, out of 43 total. A. Ajinomoto (1 C, 3 P) Asics (9 P) B. Bandai brands (31 P) C ...
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List of Japanese gravure idols; O. List of Olympic female artistic gymnasts for Japan; P. List of Japanese women photographers; W. List of Japanese women writers
Pages in category "Japanese unisex given names" The following 169 pages are in this category, out of 169 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aguri;