Shrines

Intro

  • Oft in the midst of nature
  • Intro: N16.
  • Vids: YT1, YT2.

shinTAi - body of kAmi, venerated in shrines

  • sacred objects hidden in honden’s core, never displayed. The outer space of the honden, where priests perform their duties, is called the gejin.

    • typically mirrors, magatama (comma-shaped stones), or swords.

  • sacred trees and forests - ‘himorobi’ is used in reference to sacred forests or conspicuously large, old trees venerated as shinboku (sacred trees).

  • wonderful mountains - kannabi

  • majestic rock formatiosn iwakura

Matsuri (ratha-yAtrA)