Re: Ask a follower of Shinto
Thankyou for answering my questions! I know a little about shinto but it's nice to be able to ask people questions. I hope these aren't becoming annoying though..
1 I asked about how nonjapanese people are treated because I've heard some things about them being discriminated against for being "outsiders".
2 I asked about the death of Kami (since I know they can die from a few legends) but I was wondering about what happened to their physical counterparts. As in Amaterasu Okami hides in her cave and the sun is gone from the sky. If a kami is killed does the thing they represent cease to exist?
Which comes first the kami or the object? Ex. Theres a kami for the wheel or some other object which is somewhat modern, did the kami decide that it liked the object and become its spirit or are kami born when the objects are made or is there a predetermined amount of Kami just waiting for things to be invented?
3 Are Kami physically present in the objects/things they represent/gaurd/ect? as in does the toilet kami live in the bathroom?
4 Is Izanami no Mikoto still a kami even though she died? Is she worshiped in dual aspects before and after she died or singularly ?
5 what are Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi? I see them being mentioned as the "first gods". By extension how does the shinto creation myth go? the websites I've looked at dont have anything before Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto.
6 I thought Inugami were spirits of murdered dogs used by witches (or whatever the equivalent is)? I actually saw a ritual make inugami and it's godawful...
7 What is and what is not a Kami? (I realize this is probably an impossible question) are Kami purely spiritual or metaphysical or something else? in which case can humans be or become kami?
8 are Kami personal gods? as in do they pay attention to each worshipper individually?
9 Is knowing japanese very important?
10 What are shikigami? do they have anything to do with Shinto?
11 Does Shinto have any stance on homosexuality and are there an associated kami to it?
Thankyou for answering my questions! I know a little about shinto but it's nice to be able to ask people questions. I hope these aren't becoming annoying though..
1 I asked about how nonjapanese people are treated because I've heard some things about them being discriminated against for being "outsiders".
2 I asked about the death of Kami (since I know they can die from a few legends) but I was wondering about what happened to their physical counterparts. As in Amaterasu Okami hides in her cave and the sun is gone from the sky. If a kami is killed does the thing they represent cease to exist?
Which comes first the kami or the object? Ex. Theres a kami for the wheel or some other object which is somewhat modern, did the kami decide that it liked the object and become its spirit or are kami born when the objects are made or is there a predetermined amount of Kami just waiting for things to be invented?
3 Are Kami physically present in the objects/things they represent/gaurd/ect? as in does the toilet kami live in the bathroom?
4 Is Izanami no Mikoto still a kami even though she died? Is she worshiped in dual aspects before and after she died or singularly ?
5 what are Kunitokotachi and Amenominakanushi? I see them being mentioned as the "first gods". By extension how does the shinto creation myth go? the websites I've looked at dont have anything before Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto.
6 I thought Inugami were spirits of murdered dogs used by witches (or whatever the equivalent is)? I actually saw a ritual make inugami and it's godawful...
7 What is and what is not a Kami? (I realize this is probably an impossible question) are Kami purely spiritual or metaphysical or something else? in which case can humans be or become kami?
8 are Kami personal gods? as in do they pay attention to each worshipper individually?
9 Is knowing japanese very important?
10 What are shikigami? do they have anything to do with Shinto?
11 Does Shinto have any stance on homosexuality and are there an associated kami to it?
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