Shinto

E4281
indigenous religion polytheistic religion religion

Shinto is the indigenous religion of Japan centered on the worship of kami (spirits or deities) and the veneration of nature and ancestors.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
Folk Shinto 2
Shinto (cultural affiliation) 1
Shinto (major historical influence) 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
religion ⓘ
associatedWithSymbol mirror ⓘ
sakaki tree ⓘ
shimenawa ⓘ
torii gate ⓘ
coexistsWith Buddhism ⓘ
surface form: Buddhism in Japan
coreConcept ancestor veneration ⓘ
kami ⓘ
nature veneration ⓘ
purity ⓘ
ritual ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Japan ⓘ
follows kami worship ⓘ
hasBranch Shinto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Folk Shinto

Sect Shinto ⓘ
Shinto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Shrine Shinto

State Shinto ⓘ
hasClergy Shinto priest ⓘ
miko ⓘ
hasConcept kegare ⓘ
magokoro ⓘ
makoto ⓘ
musubi ⓘ
yaoyorozu no kami ⓘ
hasDeity Amaterasu ⓘ
Hachiman ⓘ
Inari Ōkami ⓘ
Susanoo ⓘ
Tenjin ⓘ
Tsukuyomi ⓘ
hasMythologicalSource Kojiki ⓘ
Kojiki ⓘ
surface form: Nihon Shoki
hasPlaceOfWorship Shinto shrine ⓘ
hasRitualObject ema ⓘ
gohei ⓘ
ofuda ⓘ
omamori ⓘ
hasSacredText none (no single canonical scripture) ⓘ
historicalPractice shinbutsu shūgō ⓘ
influenced Japanese culture ⓘ
Japanese festivals ⓘ
Japanese imperial rituals ⓘ
languageOfRitual Japanese ⓘ
majorRitual harae ⓘ
matsuri ⓘ
misogi ⓘ
offerings to kami ⓘ
wasRegulatedBy Meiji era ⓘ
surface form: Meiji government

Referenced by (109)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kojiki → religiousContext → Shinto ⓘ
Nara → religiousTradition → Shinto ⓘ
shimenawa → usedBy → Shinto ⓘ
subject surface form: Shimenawa
this entity surface form: Shinto priests