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Kami

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Kami

It is the Japanese word for those entities which are worshipped in the Shinto.

The word Kami is usually translated as 'god' or 'deity'. In some cases the translation is correct, in others not.

The concept of Kami can also represent the spirits that inhabit mountains, trees, rocks and animals or the forces of nature. In the ShintoIn the case of the natural world, every natural thing is considered a manifestation of divine power.

La cueva de Amaterasu Kami - Kami
Iwato kagura no kigen - by the artist Shunsai Toshimasa (1885-1898). Image of the Japanese sun goddess Amaterasu emerging from the cave.
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