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Shintoism
Meaning the Way of the Gods, this Japanese religion advocates ritual and honor. It melded well with the philosophies of the Samurai warriors and is practiced by approximately 120 million people, mostly Japanese.
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- A Shintoist is a person who follows Shinto. Shinto is the traditional religion of Japan. Shinto is the praying to spirits also known as a kami. The word Shinto means "Shin" meaning kami in Chinese and "to" meaning a philisophical path or study.
A person who practice the Shinto faith would be most likely to?
Visit a shrine placed on the shore of a lake
How do Shintos dispose of dead bodies?
Nowdays in Japan, the vast majority of funerals are held according to Buddhist rites and bodies are cremated. The ashes are then usually interred at the family grave.
There are Shinto funerals but they are extremely rare and the average lay person has no idea about what is involved.
For the average person, rites of passage are divided between Shinto and Buddhist (perhaps with a bit of Christian thrown in). It is said that you are born Shinto (the first shrine ceremony is at 31 days), grow up Shinto (the ceremonies of Shichi-go-san......at 3, 5, and 7 years of age), marry Christian and then die Buddhist.
What do Shinto's eat and drink?
I come on this page to get an answer but instead you have to write the answers in
What are some religions like Shinto?
Shintoism is very similar to other Animist faiths such as those prevalent in Central Africa or pre-Christian Druidism in Ireland. All of these religions venerate local spirits who are responsible for managing the world and to whom reverence is owed.
However, Shintoism originally had the unique aspect among Animist faiths of having a pantheon of gods in addition to spirits, including the sun goddess Amaterasu and the reigning Emperor of Japan. This is reminiscent of the Ancient Egyptian religion.
The term "habit" is used for the official style of dress of a Catholic or Orthodox religious, but it doesn't necessarily denote medieval-style robes. Many orders of nuns wear an official habit that looks like it was designed in the early 1960s. The voluminous black robe of a Benedictine monk (and daughter orders of the Benedictines: e.g. Cistercians, Trappists, Carthusians) is called a "cucula". It is given during the final profession of vows, and is worn for solemn religious services, but is optional most of the time. Benedictine monks are always buried wearing their cuculæ.
What is the shintoism hierarchy?
In reality, Shintoism has little or no hierarchy. There is much respect for elders and abbots at monasteries, but the faith is mostly lateral in nature.
How was Shinto misused by the militarists during World War 2?
The Japanese were very loyal to the state in WW2. They had a sect of shintoism named after "State Shinto". The air force of Japan would crash their airplanes into allied ships to sink them, sacrificing themselves as proof of loyalty to the emperor, as he was considered a god by the Japanese. They would also show loyalty by never surrendering, and even if they were outnumbered, they would sooner commit suicide than be taken prisonner by the allies.
Where does it show area of the world where Shinto religion is practiced today?
Shinto religion is practiced in Japan.
Who was the founder of Shinto?
Shinto is an ancient animistic religion of Japan that is very loosely organized and it varies from village to village. It doesn't have a founder, it is that old. Many Japanese practice both Shinto and Buddhism since Buddhism was introduced to Japan a couple thousand years ago. They practice Buddhism for their everyday lives, and Shinto is used for things like a death, a birth, ancestor remembrance and veneration, the afterlife
What holidays do Shinto celebrate?
they dont celebrate holidays
That's not exactly accurate... in Shintoism, the respect for nature and the Kami (the forces behind nature) is what drives it. The celebrate holidays that revolve around these things, chiefly the four equinoxes and also an Annual celebration (all ancient religions thank the new year for coming) called Rei-sai, which has processions. The others I believe are more personal celebrations, consisting mostly of praying at specific altars.
What are the writings of Shinto?
Shinto has no writtings!
Followers of Shinto believe in Kami!
Kami (there equivalent to a god) are spirits that take the form of such things as rain, wind, rivers and mountains!
Why do Shinto parents take infants 32-33 days of age to shrines?
They begin four months before the birth of a baby, when the soul is thought to enter the fetus. Then, thirty-two or Thirty-three days after the infant's birth, its parents take it to the family's temple for initiation by the deity.
How does Shintoism impact cultural landscape?
Shintoism is an Ancient Religion in Japan. The farmers in Japan who worshipped Shintoism believed in Kami(spirits) who inhabited everything around them. This helped the farmers understand where to farm and where not to farm so they wouldn't disturb the spirits and mak them angry.
How does the Chinese creation myth relate to the culture of shintoism?
It doesn't. Shintoism developed in Japan and the Shinto creation story features a heavily Japanese ethnocentric mythos (the gods created Japan as the center of the world, etc.) as opposed to the various Chinese myths which are diverse and discuss the spirits creating different elements in balance.
