A miko (巫女), or shrine maiden, is a young priestess who works at a Shinto shrine. Miko were once likely seen as shamans, but are understood in modern Japanese...
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Miko clothing (巫女装束, miko shōzoku) is the clothing worn by miko (shrine maidens) at Shinto shrines. Normally, there are no specific regulations for miko...
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Wandering Miko Aruki Miko (歩き巫女) are a historical variety of miko, or Shinto priestesses, from Japan. Wandering miko are characterised by their lack of...
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events. The priests are assisted by jinja miko, sometimes referred to as "shrine-maidens" in English. These miko are typically unmarried, although not necessarily...
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Kami (redirect from Shinto gods)
clergy to be female priestesses. The priests (kannushi) may be assisted by miko, young unmarried women acting as shrine maidens. Neither priests nor priestesses...
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Kannagi (巫 or 神和ぎ or 神薙ぎ or 神凪) are shamans in Shinto. Unlike the similar term miko, the term is gender neutral. The term has a few different writing styles...
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Utsunomiko (redirect from Utsu no Miko)
the Kojiki. Miko matured in the wilderness and becoming a Yamabushi, learning his master's syncretism of Daoism, Buddhism and Shintoism, and soon started...
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Kannushi (redirect from Shinto priest)
(御師) is a lower level Shinto priest analogous to a deacon or an acolyte. They are considered between a layperson and clergy. Miko Norito * Kannushi (in...
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(2008), DVD version "Shintoism Facts". www.softschools.com. Retrieved 2023-02-12. "17 Facts You Probably Didn't Know About Shintoism". tsunagu Japan. 8...
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Miko is a shrine maiden or a supplementary princess in Shinto religion. Miko may also refer to: Miko (name), a given name in several cultures Miko (surname)...
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Amaterasu (category Shinto kami)
considered to be one of the "Three Precious Children" (三貴子, mihashira no uzu no miko / sankishi), the three most important offspring of the creator god Izanagi...
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State Shintō (国家神道 or 國家神道, Kokka Shintō) was Imperial Japan's ideological use of the Japanese folk religion and traditions of Shinto.: 547 The state...
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traditions of Shinto, including a unique form of participation as temple stewards and shamans, or miko. Though a ban on female Shinto priests was lifted...
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Shinto Scripture (神典, Shinten) are the holy books of Shinto The main two books are the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. collectively called the Kiki (記紀) Kojiki...
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become kannushi, and it is common for widows to succeed their husbands. A miko (巫女) is a shrine maiden who has trained for and taken up several duties at...
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Shrine of the Morning Mist (redirect from Asagiri no Miko)
Shrine of the Morning Mist (Japanese: 朝霧の巫女, Hepburn: Asagiri no Miko, lit. "Miko of Asagiri") is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hiroki Ugawa...
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Kojiki (category Shinto texts)
Osatsumawakugonosukune no miko (男浅津間若子宿迩王), or Emperor Ingyō (允恭天皇) The emperor's son and queen Uji kabane system (氏姓制度) Karunohitsugi no miko (軽太子) and Karunōhoiratsume...
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Shiba's daughter, left home to maintain Buddhist statues similar to what miko did. Later, in the 7th century, the kami were believed to reside in devaloka...
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Gohei (category Shinto)
precincts. The shrine priest or attendants (miko) use the gohei to bless or sanctify a person or object in various Shinto rituals. The gohei is used for some...
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Shrine Futahashira Shrine Hayama Shrine [ja] Kameoka Hachimangū Kashima Miko Shrine [ja] Kamo Shrine (Sendai City) [ja] Kinkasan Shrine [ja] Koganeyama...
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administer the rituals. The miko of Shinto shrines are not included in the priesthood. A Kagura dancer may participate in Shinto rituals, but may not preside...
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Itako (category Miko)
Meanwhile, women in the north performed the dances and rituals of shrine miko.: 2 Over time, the two groups merged, creating the modern concept of itako...
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Shinto music is the ceremonial and festive music of Shinto (神道), the indigenous religion of Japan. Its origin myth is the erotic dance of Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto...
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Kannazuki no Miko (神無月の巫女, lit. Priestesses of the Kannazuki) is a Japanese yuri manga series created by Kaishaku. The series, centering on the relationship...
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List of Japanese deities (redirect from List of Shinto kami)
native to Japanese beliefs and religious traditions. Many of these are from Shinto, while others were imported via Buddhism or Taoism and were "integrated"...
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Shinbutsu-shūgō (redirect from Bukka Shintō)
"jumbling up" or "contamination of kami and buddhas"), is the syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism that was Japan's main organized religion up until the Meiji...
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needed] Glossary of Shinto, for an explanation of terms concerning Shinto, Shinto art, and Shinto shrine architecture. Basic Terms of Shinto, Kokugakuin University...
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Ko-Shintō (古神道) refers to the animistic religion of Jōmon period Japan, which is the alleged basis of modern Shinto. The search for traces of Koshintō...
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The origins of Shinto in Korea are primarily a result of Japan's incursions since an unbalanced treaty in 1876. Shinto's rise in Korea is directly associated...
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