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Published on Nov 22, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
SHINTOISM
A JAPANESE CULTURE, BY: RACHEL COPENHAVER
SHINTO FOUNDING
- Shinto has no actual founder.
- It started in Japan around 500 BCE.
- Shinto religion started due to their strong beliefs.
- Many people started believing in "the way of kami."
SHINTO BELIEFS
- Shinto beliefs refer to the way of kami.
- The way of kami is the nature that the Shintos worshipped.
- The kami included mountains, trees, rivers, and animals.
- "The kami" got it's name from the beliefs of nature gods.
- Nature was one of the Shintos main priorties.
SHINTO GODS/GODDESSES
- The Shinto's worshipped the gods of nature.
- The Kami was the most common god in Shinto religion.
- Shinto believed that "Kami the nature god" provided their every need.
- They believed that if somone from their culture died, their spirit would live in a tree or river.
- "The kami was the only god they believed was real.
MAJOR SHINTO HOLIDAY
- The major holiday the shintos celebrate is matsuri.
- Matsuri is a time where the Shinto would celebrate and thank the descending gods.
- Theey believed at this time, that the gods would come down to earth and bless them.
- After they have been blessed they believe they have eternal life, and celebrate with a feast.
- Matsuri is important because it honors the eternal life gods of nature.
SHINTO FOLLOWING
- There are about 3,000,000 followers of the Shino religion.
- The beleifs have got more people interested in the Shinto cuture.
- The nature gods have many people believing in many different gods.
- There have never been many followers in Shinto. 3,000,000 is the most ever.
SHINTO SACRED TEXT
- The scared text Shintos relied on is the Kojiki.
- The Kojiki is a Japenese teachings book from the 8th century.
- The Shintos learned "the way of kami" from the Kojiki.
- It was created by early Japenese people to spread the word about the teachings.
- The Kojiki was the most important text in Shinto history.
