Shinto

Japanese deity

is a Shinto technical term that indicates both the process of dividing a Shinto kami to be re-enshrined somewhere else (such as a house's kamidana), and the spirit itself produced by the division. Shrines conduct bunrei to distribute them to "child" shrines elsewhere. The spirit of kami does not decrease through this act, and a bunrei functions the same way as the original spirit. The reason for conducting bunrei is often to make a kami more accessible to worshipers far from the main shrine.

mythical entrance of the underworld in Matsue, Japan

thumb|250x250px|Chickens at Ise Grand Shrine. Parishioners believe they are messengers of [[Amaterasu.]] are animals in Japanese mythology that are believed to be associated with a , a divine being. These animals are also known as or . In ancient texts such as and , there are tales of special animals that acted on behalf of the to transmit the divine will or to bear oracles.

Amatsuhikone (天津日子根命,天津彥根命, which means little lad of Heaven) in Japanese mythology is the third son of Amaterasu.

thumb|alt=Kiboku and Futomani|Kiboku and Futomani is a traditional Shinto system of divination. Practitioners attempt to foresee future events by interpreting the pattern of cracks made by heating the shoulder-blade of a stag. The practice is thought to predate the introduction of divination by tortoiseshell, which was imported from China; archaeological evidence suggests it originated as early as the Jōmon period.

Faiths which regard mountains as objects of worship

a prominent sect of Shintō that arose during the Sengoku period

, also called , , , or (meaning Moorland Elder), is the Japanese goddess of vegetation, grass, and fields. She is considered protector of fields. She is also considered the ancestor of herbs.

Norito in Shinto rituals

thumb|Table of bad luck years , or "calamitous years," are ages that in Japan are traditionally believed to be unlucky.

thumb|271x271px|Sake offered on a sanbo altar '''' is an offering of sake or other alcoholic drinks offered to gods in Japanese Shinto.

Amatsumara(天津麻羅) (“one eye of heaven”) or (ironworker of heaven) also known as “Amenomahitotsu” (Heaven's Eye One Kami) is the Shinto kami of ironworking and blacksmiths. He was discussed in the Kojiki and is associated to the giant yōkai Daidarabocchi. He is also the patron kami for blacksmiths.

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mainstream non-doctrinal Shinto

thumb|Shinko shiki for Tokugawa Ieyasu at . thumb|Underwater shinko shiki at Shinko-shiki (神幸式), also known as Shinko-sai (神幸祭), is a ceremonial practice within Shintoism involving the procession of a kami's shintai, or divine object. The shintai of the Kami is transferred from the primary Shinto shrine to a Mikoshi, a portable shrine, as part of the ritual. Typically, this ceremony occurs within the context of an annual festival hosted by a shrine. The procession is regarded as a means through which the Kami may inspect and validate the boundaries of a particular neighborhood or parish.

type of wedding

clapping in Shinto

is a kami that is worshipped in order to gain its protections for a specific building or region. In modern times, it is often conflated with ujigami and ubusunagami. A shrine enshrining a chinjugami is called a chinjusha.

Moreya or Moriya (洩矢神, Moriya- / Moreya-no-Kami) is a Japanese god who appears in various myths and legends of the Suwa region in Nagano Prefecture (historical Shinano Province). The most famous of such stories is that of his battle against Takeminakata, the god of the Grand Shrine of Suwa (Suwa Taisha).

thumb|250x250px|Lodging in Mount Haguro|Hagurosan thumb|250x250px|The former lodging house at Yakuo-ji (Minami, Tokushima)|Yakuoji, the 23rd sacred site of The 88 sacred sites of Shikoku. A shukubo is a temple lodging in Japan that allows visitors to stay overnight within a Buddhist temple. Originally these facilities were designed to accommodate only monks and worshippers, but nowadays, in response to declining numbers of monk visitors, most facilities accept general tourists. Some temples, such as the ones in Mount Kōya, have open-air baths with onsen. Shukubo are now considered semi-secular