RLGA01H3 Lecture Notes - Family Values, Kami, Chinese Architecture
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Like 2 quizzes, but more questions on it extended version of quiz. Shinto: -means way of the gods, intended to refer to spirits, or kami, instead of what we know in hinduism. They don"t want to punish people, nor did they create our universe simply spirits that dwell in different realms in our world. Creates impression that our world, nature is animated, alive with spirits, even through trees are just trees and mountains are just mountains there are spirits within. No known founder to religion, like hindu and in contrast to buddhism and jainism, no one knows the founder it"s just a tradition that existed. Origins can be dated back to prehistoric times and ancient stories on how the world came into being. The people of the japanese islands lived close to nature, and shinto as a religion reflects that reality in its worship of the spirits who are believed to inhabit the natural world.
