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Tomoe

The Shinto Tomoe is a symbol that has analogy with the most famous Taoist symbol.
As Tao in Chinese, there are two energies or principles, one female and one male, called Yin and Yang in Taoism and Shintoism in In respectively (female) and Yo (male).

interesting is the presence of a third symbol spiriforme, called by the Chinese and Japanese Yuan Musubi, which is explained by the pantheistic conception of the world or Shinto, or "Everything is God" and "God is Everything." In this conception of the universe is everything, and only divine manifestation, then this third component, which is generated by the first two, representing the universe in all its manifestations, and then the third principle is the manifestation of cosmic, or a component of energy-material. "

would wonder if this Shinto trinity has some analogy with the Trinity of Christianity certainly come in two completely different contexts, the West and Far East, and there is no equality between the terms Father, Son and Holy Spirit In Yo and Yuan. However, given as a unit and not separated into three components, all to the same truth converge.

For more information:
Wikipedia - Shinto Trinity
Satorws - Tomoe

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The divine couple , Izanagi and Izanami

recounted in the Kojiki (Memoirs Antiquity) of the Shinto tradition that the world was created by the divine couple, Izanagi (meaning "one who calls ") and Izanami (meaning "one who calls "), or the first man and the first woman.
They are thus the progenitors of all kami (Shinto deities). Originally

on Earth existed only a vast ocean, then bring out the land the two kami took a spear (see picture on the side ) which mixed the muddy ocean floor and drew out: the mud poured from the pipe was born the first island, followed by eight others, who make up the existing islands of Japan.

The divine couple then decided to leave the kingdom of Heaven and Earth moving. So it was that the first four children were born: the god of the sea O-Wata-Tsu-Mi , the god of the mountains, O-Yama-Tsu-Mi , the god of the trees, Kuku-no-chi and the god of the wind, Shina-Tsu-Hiko .
The fifth son, the god of fire Kagu-Tsuchi burned his mother in genital parts to such an extent that he died. The father Izanagi, full of rage, beheaded the god of fire and went into the underworld to bring back to Earth's sister-wife. Since
Izanami had already eaten the food of the underworld had become impure. Izanagi would be able to save if return journey he had never watched, but an impatience to see it (and saw it really horrible) betrayed him, so she sent him forth from the underworld, and finally turned into demons, then became the queen.

Back on Earth, Izanagi blew his nose so hard, purified from impurities, which begat the god of storms Susanoo. Finally, in his right eye was born the god of the Moon, Tsukuyomi , and his left eye, the Sun Goddess, Amaterasu .

For further :
Wikipedia - Izanagi
AikidoWeb.it - \u200b\u200bIzanagi to the underworld

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E 'in my opinion much better the image above, shows the goddess Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess (who knows why the sun is female in Japan ..), which, as legend reported here , was released from the cave in which it was hidden to avoid the mischievous brother. It 's the long-awaited moment by the men and all other kami (or deities), which terminates the long eclipse on Earth caused by his absence.

E ', however, as improper translation of the kami or gods, or at least is an understatement. Kami is a beautiful word in my opinion (which is greater correspondence with the Deva religion Hindu) that identifies the spiritual aspect of everything that exists in nature.
Kami is the guiding spirit who lives in the living thing as well as in the inanimate: plants like stones, mountains, rivers, seas, forests, streams, clouds, the sky. The forces of nature, wind, rain, storms, lightning strikes are kami.
curious that, given that the human being is part of nature, does not refer to man as kami, even if it is: this is because in their culture kami is also an honor to the noble and sacred souls, while themselves do not assign any award ever, out of respect.

Kami are also of how we understand Western the time of the Greeks and Romans. The Shinto pantheon includes:
Izanagi, the first man
Izanami, the first woman
Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess
Susanoo, god of the seas and storms
Inari, the god of rice
Shinigami, the god of death
Tsukuyomi, the god of The significance of the moon

Kami is not limited simply to the nature and the gods but also includes cultural aspects of Japan and may be extended to the great men (now deceased) of Japan.
therefore distinguish three broad categories of Kami: Kami

1. Natural (celestial and terrestrial)


2. Cultural Kami (Community and functional)


3. Kami Rights (such Hitogami)

Kami Community protect a particular clan, while dealing with the functional processes of human life, such as growth, jobs and the economy. The Kami are human instead of historical figures within recognized as heroes or patriots.

As Shinto has its roots in the distant, there are kami that represent the spirit of the ancestors , both of ordinary families, and the nobility.
Even the emperors of Japan were akitsumikami (kami ground, manifest) until 1946, when, after the humiliating military defeat of the Second World War, Emperor Hirohito declared the nation by radio not to be. However, all the emperors trace the lineage of their family by the first emperor Jimmu (660 BC), which in turn derives from the goddess Amaterasu.

Finally, as there are kami? Infiniti
it seems, as there are many manifestations of nature and the human ones. The Shinto provide a number: Yaoyorozu-no-kami or 8 million kami: no coincidence that the number 8 is universally known to indicate infinity. If you rotate 90 degrees, it becomes the mathematical symbol for infinity, 8 as the Bagua Trigrams Chinese, the Buddhist eightfold path, 8 days for the transfiguration of Christ.

For further :
Wikipedia, Kami-Italia.com
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