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are liturgical texts or ritual incantations in Shinto, usually addressed to a given kami.

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are liturgical texts or ritual incantations in Shinto, usually addressed to a given kami.

== History == The first written documentation of norito dates to 712 CE in the Kojiki and 720 CE in the Nihongi.

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