"My Own Inari": Personalization of the Deity in Inari Worship
There is a great deal of personalization of the kami in the worship of Inari. On Inari Mountain in Fushimi, for example, Inari is worshipped under tens of thousands of names, a phenomenon seen in contemporary Buddhist forms of Inari worship as well. This article describes various aspects of this per...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nanzan Institute
[1996]
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Japanese journal of religious studies
Year: 1996, Volume: 23, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 85-116 |
| Further subjects: | B
Shrine Shinto
B Buddhism B Home altars B Personalization B Deities B Religious Studies B Priests B Japanese culture |
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