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Kegare (穢れ・汚れ, uncleanness, defilement) is the ****anese term for a
state of
pollution and defilement,
important particularly in
Shinto as a
religious term...
- due to the
violation of a
divine taboo through evil deeds,
defilement (
kegare) or disasters. When
translated in
English as "sin", the term
covers therefore...
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avoidance of
kegare ("pollution" or "impurity"),
while ensuring harae ("purity"). In ****anese thought,
humans are seen as
fundamentally pure.
Kegare is therefore...
- "Tenchusatsu" or "Ankensatsu".
Kegare calls forth more
Kegare,
causing Joka to
perpetuate crime...As
people commit crime, the
Kegare escalates.
Cause and effect...
- who
created the
first land of Onogoroshima, was
cleansing himself of his
kegare while bathing after escaping the
underworld and the
clutches of his enraged...
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reflects the
traditional Shinto ****ociation
between death and
pollution (
kegare).
Later Susanoo takes this
position over. Some ****anese
Christian texts...
- ****anese
people descended from
members of the
feudal class ****ociated with
kegare (穢れ, 'impurity'),
mainly those with
occupations related to
death such as...
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purpose is the
purification of
pollution or sins (tsumi) and
uncleanness (
kegare).
These concepts include bad luck and
disease as well as
guilt in the English...
-
considered unclean as
everything related to
death is
thought to be a
source of
kegare (defilement).
After coming into
contact with the dead,
individuals must...
- onmyōji did not have to
perform misogi or fast, they were able to deal with
kegare (uncleanliness) more easily, and they
expanded their activities beyond the...
