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Shinto

2006-12-06T18:31:13Z

Steph G.:

[[Image:Torii-gate.jpg|thumb|200px|Torii Gate]]Shinto, also known as ''kami no michi'' or the way of the gods, is an ancient polytheistic religion indigenious to Japan. Shinto is central to the Japanese culture and national identity, since previous to the Second World War, the emporer of Japan claimed diety as a kami.

Instead of focusing on a dogmatic system of ethics and doctrine, Shinto's practices consist of diverse rituals and ceremonies. The kami are the powers of nature associted with the sun, storms, trees, mountains, animals, and other facets of nature.

The entry way into a Shinto shrine is always marked by a torii gate, which symbolizes the border between normal life and the divine. The main kami are Amaterasu the sun goddess, who is the legendary ancestor to the Japanese emporer, and Susano the storm god.

Shinto

2006-12-06T18:27:15Z

Steph G.:

Shinto, also known as ''kami no michi''or the way of the gods, is an ancient polytheistic religion indigenious to Japan. Shinto is central to the Japanese culture and national identity, since previous to the Second World War, the emporer of Japan claimed diety as a kami.

Instead of focusing on a dogmatic system of ethics and doctrine, Shinto's practices consist of diverse rituals and ceremonies. The kami are the powers of nature associted with the sun, storms, trees, mountains, animals, and other facets of nature.

The entry way into a Shinto shrine is always marked by a torii gate, which symbolizes the border between normal life and the divine. "Torri Gate:torii-gate.jpg A Torii Gate, found at all Shinto shrines to mark the entrance."

Shinto

2006-12-06T18:24:20Z

Steph G.:

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2006-12-06T18:19:35Z

Steph G.:

Shinto

2006-12-06T18:17:48Z

Steph G.:

Shinto, also known as ''Italic text''kami no michi''Italic text'' or the way of the gods, is an ancient polytheistic religion indigenious to Japan. Shinto is central to the Japanese culture and national identity, since previous to the Second World War, the emporer of Japan claimed diety as a kami.

Instead of focusing on a dogmatic system of ethics and doctrine, Shinto's practices consist of diverse rituals and ceremonies. The kami are the powers of nature associted with the sun, storms, trees, mountains, animals, and other facets of nature.

The entry way into a Shinto shrine is always marked by a torii gate, which symbolizes the border between normal life and the divine.

Holy Grail

2006-12-06T17:55:55Z

Steph G.:

The Holy Grail was believed to be the cup that Jesus used in the Last Supper to present the wine used to represent the new covenent in his blood. Legends claim that the Grail was a golden goblet similar to the holy vessels for the drink offerings in the temple, that the Grail was protected by the Templar Knights and that the Grail was eventually hidden on the island of Avalon.

Suicide attack

2006-11-28T15:49:04Z

Steph G.:

The Japanese name for the hurricanes that drove back the Mongol invaders; meaning "divine wind" or "wind of the gods" also used to describe the Japanese attacks on Allied naval vessels in World War II.