Vengeful Spirits, Divine Punishment, and Natural Disasters: Catastrophe and Religion in Japan
Without scientific knowledge, the people of premodern societies in Japan tried to understand natural disasters through their association with transcendent beings (kami). In ancient Japan, natural disasters were interpreted as messages, that is, vengeful curses, from the kami. With the establishment...
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| Language: | English |
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Japanese Association for Religious Studies
2016
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Religious studies in Japan
Year: 2016, Volume: 3, Pages: 3-20 |
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Modernization
B Natural Disasters B the Great East Japan Earthquake B Catastrophe B Vengeance |
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