Kami
Spirits or gods in Shinto belief.
↻ synthesized from 10 sources
When
- First attested
- 0 CE
- Attested period
- 0 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Reconciled with imported Buddhism during the Nara period (710–794).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amatsukami, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Kunitsukami, Landvættir, Vættir, Hiisi, Skogsrå, bergsrå, haltija, rår, qié-lán-shen, Hachiman, Miroku Bosatsu, Tokusō Daigongen, Kanda Myōjin, Tuatha Dé Danann, jinn, Tomte, Zashiki-warashi, Jinushigami, Dizhu shen, Seonangshin, Cheng Huang Gong, Tu Di Gong, family spirit, family kami, ujigami, Ubusunagami, chinju, Yaksha, Deva, nats, Ashura, loa serpents
- aspect of
- Amaterasu
- has aspect
- nigi-mitama, ara-mitama, saki-mitama, kushi-mitama, goryō-shin, Amaterasu, ya-o-yorozu no kami, Tenjin
Mentioned by
Sources
Source passages
“Kami”
#190 · extracted by claude-sonnet-4-6
“the emperor of Japan offers newly harvested rice to the kami to secure their blessing for a bountiful harvest...the emperor offers crops from the new harvest to the kami, including rice, fish, fruits, soup, and stew. The emperor first feasts with the deities”
#7295 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Classical elements Kami Sigil”
#7487 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“reconcile local kami worship with imported Buddhism. (For details, see article Shinbutsu shūgō.) One of the first such efforts was made during the Nara period (710–794) with the founding of so-called shrine-temples (jingū-ji), complexes consisting of a shrine dedicated to some kami and of a Buddhist temple.”
#9259 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“Many Japanese houses still have a shrine (kamidana, kami shelf) where offerings are made to ancestral kami, as well as to other kami.”
#9598 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001