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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...
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reflects the
traditional Shinto ****ociation
between death and
pollution (
kegare).
Later Susanoo takes this
position over. Some ****anese
Christian texts...
- "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...
-
invoke his
advanced zadan techniques.Ep. 5-7 In
manga he ****isted Ōzei no
Kegare in
bringing Sugami Maen back to
mortal realm seemingly out of the sole desire...
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descended from
members of the pre-Meiji
feudal class who were ****ociated with
kegare (穢れ, 'defilement'), such as executioners, undertakers,
slaughterhouse workers...
- torii:
birds were
symbols of death,
which in
Shinto brings defilement (
kegare). Finally, the
possibility that
torii are a ****anese
invention cannot be...
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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...
