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Shintai is a word used in Shinto to refer to an object that a kami resides in.[1]
Examples include
A yorishiro is something which is invited to have a kami enter but does not yet have one in it.
Example
[change | change source]In recent times a 700 year old tree was going to be cut down for a rail line. The people protested because they believed a kami lived inside it. So the city built a train station around it.[2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Shintai | Shintō | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
- ↑ "Japanese Train Station Protectively Built Around a 700-Year-Old Tree". 27 January 2017.