kami

kami
kami [kä′mē]
n.
pl. kamiJpn, deity, god
Shintoism a divine power or aura, often identified with one or more deities or ancestors

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ka·mi (käʹmĭ) n. pl. kami
Any of the sacred beings worshiped in Shintoism, conceived as spirits abiding in natural phenomena and sometimes in people with extraordinary qualities.
  [Japanese.]

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▪ deity or sacred power

      object of worship in Shintō and other indigenous religions of Japan. The term kami is often translated as “god,” “lord,” or “deity”; but it also includes other forces of nature, both good and evil, which, because of their superiority or divinity, become objects of reverence and respect. The sun goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami and other creator spirits, illustrious ancestors, and both animate and inanimate things, such as plants, rocks, birds, beasts, and fish, may all be treated as kami. In early Shintō, the heavenly kami (amatsukami) were considered more noble than the earthly kami (kunitsukami), but in modern Shintō this distinction is no longer made. Kami are manifested in, or take residence in, a symbolic object such as a mirror (see shintai), in which form they are usually worshiped in Shintō shrines. Shintō myths speak of the “800 myriads of kami” to express the infinite number of potential kami, and new ones continue to be recognized.

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