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

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Shinto
hasRitualObject

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