ya-o-yorozu no kami
nature_spirit intermediate Shinto single tradition · 1
Ya-o-yorozu no kami means countless kami, one of three main variations of kami in Shinto. The term literally means eight million, but idiomatically expresses 'uncountably many' and 'all-around,' with the number 8 representing cardinal and ordinal directions to symbolize ubiquity. These classifications are not considered strictly divided due to the fluid and shifting nature of kami.
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- aspect of
- Kami
- co occurs with
- Amatsukami, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Kunitsukami
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“ya-o-yorozu no kami (八百万の神; countless kami). "八百万" literally means eight million, but idiomatically it expresses "uncountably many" and "all-around"”
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