A New Interpretation of Japanese Mythology and Its Bearing on the Ancestral Theory of Shinto
This article undertakes an investigation of Shinto in the light of survivals of early practices and ideas connected with certain shrines and embodied in ancient literary records. From these it appears that the great deities at the head of the Shinto genealogies are an original sky-father and earth-m...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1926
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The journal of religion
Year: 1926, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 58-77 |
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| Summary: | This article undertakes an investigation of Shinto in the light of survivals of early practices and ideas connected with certain shrines and embodied in ancient literary records. From these it appears that the great deities at the head of the Shinto genealogies are an original sky-father and earth-mother, and that they and their offspring are animistic interpretations of elemental nature phenomena. The precise origin and function of these deities are carefully defined on the basis of the evidence available. |
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| ISSN: | 1549-6538 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1086/480558 |