Directory of Shinto Resources

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Links related Shinto and Japanese mythology. Shinto is Japan's indigenous religion; a complex of ancient folk belief and rituals; basically animistic religion that perceives the presence of gods or of the sacred in animals, in plants, and even in things which have no life, such as stones and waterfalls. The roots go back to the distant past. A large number of items discovered amongst remains dating from the Jomon period (up to 200 B.C.) are thought to have had some magical significance.

Subcategories

• Mythology

Resources in This Category

• Basic Terms of Shinto

  http://www.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/bts/
  Explanation of fundamentals of Shinto.

• International Shinto Foundation

  http://www.shinto.org/
  An introduction to Shinto, and publications.

• Jinja Honcho

  http://www.jinjahoncho.or.jp/
  Official site of the Association of Shinto Shrines.

• Konkokyo

  http://www.konkokyo.or.jp/
  Details beliefs, organization, history, and offers graphical tour of its headquarters.

• United Religions Initiative - Shintoism

  http://www.uri.org/kids/other_shin.htm
  Short introduction to the beliefs and rituals of this ancient religion from Japan.

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• Home > Society > Religion and Spirituality > Shintoism
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