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the sun; god of heaven and the earth; laws governing the heavens; celestial path; celestial motion; deva realm (svarga); path in the heavens
Shinto; Shintoism
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
ladybug (Harmonia axyridis); ladybird
treacherous; heinous; treasonous; atrocious
ancient Shinto (as practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan)
the sun; providence; god
State Shintō; nationalistic form of Shinto, formerly the official religion of Japan
Idu (archaic writing system that uses Chinese characters to represent the Korean language)
Ise Shinto (school of Shinto established the Watarai family priests of Ise Jingu's Outer Shrine)
Shrine Shintō; form of Shintō that focuses on worship in shrines, in contrast to folk and sectarian practices
Folk Shinto (term used by Reform Shintoists to refer to sects of syncretized Shinto)
Shinto-Buddhist amalgamation; dual-aspect Shinto
being good; being virtuous; virtuous person
five fundamental texts of Ise Shinto
Suika Shinto (fusion of Shinto with Chinese elements, esp. neo-Confucianism); Shidemasu Shinto
Sect Shintō; group of folk religious sects, as opposed to State Shintō and later Shrine Shintō
Fukko Shinto; Restoration Shinto; Reform Shinto (prominent 18th century form of Shinto, based on the classics, and free from Confucian and Buddhist influences)
Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements
Imperial Household Shinto
Tsuchimikado Shinto (synthesis of Shinto and Onmyōdō formulated by Yasutomi Tsuchimikado in the mid-Edo period)
Shingon Shinto; any branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings
Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Sannou Ichijitsu Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)
Shinto Taiseikyō (sect of Shinto)
Shintoist; follower of Shintoism
Hie Shinto (form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
syncretized Shinto; amalgamated Shinto
Sanno Shinto (branch of Shinto formed in the Tendai school of Buddhism)
Hakke Shinto (Shinto tradition transmitted by the House of Hakuo Shirakawa); Hakuke Shinto
Hokke Shinto (Shinto doctrines based on Nichiren Buddhism)
the thirteen sects of Sect Shinto (Fuso-kyo, Taisha-kyo, Jikko-kyo, Konko-kyo, Kurozumi-kyo, Misogi-kyo, Ontake-kyo, Shinri-kyo, Shinshu-kyo, Shinto Shusei-ha, Shinto Taikyo, Taisei-kyo, Tenri-kyo)
Goryū Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto)
Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period)
Tendai Shinto (alt. name for Hie Shinto: a form of Shinto heavily influenced by Tendai)
Yokoyama Shinto (Edo-period Shinto sect promoted by Masae Yokoyama)
Unden Shinto (branch of Shinto based on Shingon Buddhist teachings)
Tachibana Shinto (Edo-period sect of Suika Shinto popularized by Mitsuyoshi Tachibana)
Uden Shinto (Shinto doctrines enunciated by Kamo no Norikiyo of Kamigamo Shrine)
Shinto Shūsei-ha (sect of Shinto)
Yoshikawa Shinto (Confucianist form of Shinto, stripped of Buddhist influence)
Yumiya Shinto (Edo-period sect of Yoshida Shinto)
Asian lady beetle (Harmonia axyridis); Halloween beetle; harlequin ladybird
Shinto shrew (Sorex shinto)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; barbarity (one of the eight unpardonable crimes, incl. killing three people in one family, or dismembering a corpse)