Origin of Shinto
Where did Shinto originate?
Japan
What does Shinto literally mean?
Way of the gods.
What is the second major period of Shintoism?
Shinto and Buddhism together in Japan
What type of religion did Shinto start out as (ex. deism, monotheism)
Animism
Does Shinto have a god?
No.
What happened in 1848?
Shinto separated from Buddhism.
What does Izanami mean?
She who invites.
What does the kami refer to?
Anything beyond human control.
When did the emperor lost his divine status?
At the end of WWII.
What was Oho-Mama-tsu-mi?
The god of the mountains.
Where do the moral instructions in Shinto stem from?
Buddhism and Confucianism.
True/False, correct the statement.
Shintoism has many intellectual texts.
False. Shintoism has many art pieces.
What did the offspring become?
The eight principal islands of Japan.
What Japanese scholar explained the meaning of kami?
Motoori Norinaga.
Today, Shintoism is a part of everyday _____________.
Spirituality.