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Shinto

Kami, Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, shrine tradition, purity, mythic origins, and Japanese religious practice.

JapanAncient Japan onward2 readable texts2 indexed sources
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Kojiki

ShintoAncient Myth / Comparative

The Kojiki is indexed for kami, creation, Izanagi and Izanami, Amaterasu, Susa-no-wo, descent myths, divine genealogy, purification, ritual, sacred kingship, and early Japanese mythic history.

Classical Japanese / Chinese-style prose· compiled 712 CE; Chamberlain English translation reprinted 1919

Shinto: The Way of the Gods

ShintoScholarly Reconstruction

Aston's public-domain Shinto study for kami, purity, ritual, mythic narrative, and Japanese religious comparison.

English study drawing on Japanese sources· 1905 CE public-domain edition discussing ancient and medieval Shinto sources
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Kojiki

mythic chronicle8th century CEClassical Japanese / Chinese-style prose
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public-domain Chamberlain 1919 translation loaded via Internet Sacred Text Archive

Indexed main Kojiki sections for kami, creation, Izanagi and Izanami, Amaterasu, Susa-no-wo, purification, ritual, descent myths, and sacred kingship.

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Shinto: The Way of the Gods

religious source studyancient through early modern sources; 1905 English studyEnglish study drawing on Japanese sources
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public-domain Aston edition loaded

Includes translated source material and structured discussion of kami, myth, purity, worship, and ritual.

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