"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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Auteur principal: Smyers, Karen A. 1954- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Nanzan Institute [1996]
Dans: Japanese journal of religious studies
Année: 1996, Volume: 23, Numéro: 1/2, Pages: 85-116
Sujets non-standardisés:B Shrine Shinto
B Buddhism
B Home altars
B Personalization
B Deities
B Religious Studies
B Priests
B Japanese culture
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