gohei
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Gohei are traditional Shinto ritual wands, typically made of a wooden stick adorned with zigzagging paper streamers, used in purification and offerings to kami.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto ritual implement
→
religious object → |
| associatedWith |
Shinto rituals
→
Shinto shrines → kami → |
| category |
Japanese religious objects
→
Shinto objects → |
| culturalContext |
Japanese culture
→
|
| etymologyLanguage |
Japanese
→
|
| foundIn |
Japan
→
|
| handledBy |
kannushi
→
shinshoku → |
| hasPart |
shide
→
wooden stick → zigzag paper strips → |
| hasVariant |
haraegushi
→
|
| location |
Shinto shrines
→
household kamidana → |
| madeOf |
paper streamers
→
wooden wand → |
| relatedTo |
haraegushi
→
shide → |
| religion |
Shinto
→
|
| ritualAction |
placed before altars
→
waved over worshippers → |
| symbolizes |
presence of kami
→
purity → sacredness → |
| timePeriod |
used in traditional and modern Shinto practice
→
|
| typicalColor |
white
→
|
| usedBy |
Shinto priests
→
miko → |
| usedFor |
blessing people and objects
→
offerings to kami → ritual purification → warding off impurity → |
| usedIn |
Shinto ceremonies
→
festival processions → purification rites → |
Referenced by (1)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Shinto
→
|
hasRitualObject |