Shinto | RELG 108 - World Religions, Quizzes of Anthropology of religion

Download Shinto | RELG 108 - World Religions and more Quizzes Anthropology of religion in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 omikuji DEFINITION 1 Paper fortunes wrapped around tree branches at shrines. TERM 2 shintai DEFINITION 2 A mirror, sword, etc. where kami reside, usually hidden and placed in the main shrine. TERM 3 yorishiro DEFINITION 3 Usually things of a long, thin shape in which kami reside. TERM 4 torii DEFINITION 4 Cross-bar gateway leading up to a Shinto shrine, which is the Shinto gateway that marks the boundary between the sacred and secular worlds. TERM 5 How are kami brought down to the human world? DEFINITION 5 Offerings of beautiful music, cloth, fish, and rice. TERM 6 What do kami bestow? DEFINITION 6 Material blessings. TERM 7 What do kami like and dislike? DEFINITION 7 Like purity, and dislike blood, dirt, and death. TERM 8 ikigami DEFINITION 8 "Living kami," the Emperor. TERM 9 How do ancient kami have links in the agricultural calendar? DEFINITION 9 Rotate between mountain kami and rice paddy kami. TERM 10 kamidana DEFINITION 10 "Spirit shelf" dedicated to Amaterasu or one of the many other kami. TERM 21 saisei-itchi DEFINITION 21 Unity of the religious and political realms. TERM 22 miko DEFINITION 22 Unmarried female shrine attendant. TERM 23 Who are Izanagi and Izanami? DEFINITION 23 Male and female kami who are procreators of the Japanese islands. TERM 24 harae DEFINITION 24 Shinto purification. TERM 25 misogi DEFINITION 25 Shinto ritual of purification with water. TERM 26 Kojiki DEFINITION 26 Record of ancient matters, compiled in the 8th century. TERM 27 norito DEFINITION 27 Invocational prayer offered by Shinto priests to the kami. TERM 28 ema DEFINITION 28 Wooden tablets expressing pleadings to the kami for success in life. TERM 29 Nihon shoki DEFINITION 29 Chronicles of the Land where the Sun originates.