- In Shinto,
shintai (神体, "body of the kami"), or go-
shintai (御神体, "sacred body of the kami") when the
honorific prefix go- is used, are
physical objects...
-
prominent of
which is the
shintai, an
object meant to
house a
chosen kami, thus
giving it a
physical form to
allow worship.
Kamidana shintai are most commonly...
- and the
shintai (or go-
shintai if the
honorific prefix go- is used) that
houses it.
While the name
literally means 'body of a kami',
shintai are physical...
- Significantly, the term
mitamashiro (御魂代, 'mitama representative') is a
synonym of
shintai, the
object which in a
Shinto shrine houses the
enshrined kami.
Early ****anese...
- (wooden wand with many shide), and
serve as the
object of
veneration (
shintai) in a
Shinto shrine. A type of food
called Goheimochi is
thought to have...
- 'spirit representative', 'spirit-token'), more
commonly known as the
shintai (lit. 'god-body'; a
sacred object containing the kami or 'spirit'). Aston...
- modulation. Battōtai is
included in the
first volume of
poetry compilation Shintai Shishiyou,
thanks to the
common effort of
Tokyo University's professors...
- to have a
presence are
termed shintai;
objects inhabited by the kami that are
placed in the
shrine are
known as go-
shintai.
Objects commonly chosen for...
- A
shinboku (神木) is a tree or
forest worshipped as a
shintai – a
physical object of
worship at or near a
Shinto shrine,
worshipped as a
repository in which...
- it is
currently maintained by ****arasan jinja, a
Shinto shrine whose go-
shintai (御神体)
constitutes Mount Nantai. With Tōshō-gū and Rinnō-ji, the site forms...
