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Does Shintoism have a hell

Updated: 8/19/2023
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In the Kojiki, they have an underworld or realm of the dead called Yomi. It is not necessarily a place of eternal suffering, nor is it a place of bliss. It is a limbo like place where the dead have a bleak existence there, similar to Asphodel within Hades in Greek Mythology. However, because most Shinto people are Buddhists as well, it has become a place of suffering too.

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Previous answer: "No there is no Heven or hell they bevive in reincarnation since 500 BC"

How very wrong could you be.

The Shinto equivalent of Hell is called Yomi. It is where the dead go to eternally rot and decompose, and the exits and entrances are guarded by horrific creatures.

Takamagahara is the dwelling place of the Kami (lit: gods) and as such can be paired with Heaven.

The above may have been confused by the merging of Buddhism with Shinto. Shintoism, as far as Wikipedia is concerned at least, does not believe in reincarnation as such, only in the Buddhist-Shinto hybrid does reincarnation factor. However it must be stressed that not all Shintoists also believe Buddhist elements.

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Not necessarily. There life after death turns over to Buddhism. They follow what Buddhists would do;however, Yomi is and underground realm much like the Greek Hades. This is were people of wrong doing would end up.

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From what I know, no. After you die you become a kami.

You have to become akami in order to go to Amaterasu .

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They belived in a heaven and earth but not a place for eternal punishment.

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