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  • kami

    …Shintō the heavenly kami (amatsukami) were considered nobler than the earthly kami (kunitsukami), but in modern Shintō this distinction is no longer made. Kami are manifested in, or take residence in, symbolic objects such as a mirror (see shintai), in which form they are usually worshipped in Shintō shrines.…

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    …Shintō the heavenly kami (amatsukami) were considered nobler than the earthly kami (kunitsukami), but in modern Shintō this distinction is no longer made. Kami are manifested in, or take residence in, symbolic objects such as a mirror (see shintai), in which form they are usually worshipped in Shintō shrines.…

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