This post is an older version of a now updated magic system, please visit this link after reading this post. Please do read the post however, as my following post requires the information here.
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I have had a system of magic in my head for a while, it mainly came out of my interest in Shinto-ism, my love of Sekiro and Japanese historical fiction, as well as my experiences in Shinto from my trips to Japan. Born of these ideas, I have developed rough aspects of a magic system inspired by Shinto aspects.
The world exists in in fragments of realms, all of which kami inhabit to at least some extent. It is heavily work in progress.
Kami are manifestations of natural energy that belong to rough semi-feudal system.
It must be noted that this does not display an exact system, and many gods may exist in more complex positions. For example, the god of rabbits on Mount Fuji and the god of the animals on Mount Fuji are technically both Kai Kami, yet they are both separate spirits. These two Kami would be extremely interconnected in many ways, with only a very small difference in personality, likes, wants, common forms and e.g.
High Kami
SΕshi Kami*
Divine Kami*
Conceptual Kami
Fundamental Kami (god of land)
Community Kami (god of mountains)
Tribe Kami
JinsΔ Kami (god of humans)
Kai Kami (god of tokyo, god of rabbits on mount fuji)
Low Kami
Worldly Kami (mountain)
Living Kami (human, rabbit, e.g.)
*High Kami lack representation in the present world, Utsushiyo, therefore they are not the gods of anything but rather exist in their own right. I have yet to specifically figure out just how much power this would give them.
High Kami exist in the eternal world, Tokoyo, they are not directly bound by physical forms or boundaries however they can be heavily influenced by them. Low Kami exist in the present world, Utsushiyo, they include all living creatures on earth, as well as pieces of land. All Kami except for High Kami are earthly kami, as they are closely bound to the physical world.
The magic abilities accessible to Living Kami are created by connections formed between the Living Kam
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Looking at the dolmen from Ganghwa Island, South Korea:
It looks like the gate of a Shinto shrine. Or, maybe, the gates of Shinto shrines are meant to look like this. Could Shinto gates be representations of dolmen?
To specify, what I mean is that Shinto traditionally is a very diverse belief system, but State Shinto was a uniform belief system that was the same everywhere in Japan, unless I am misunderstanding it.
For it to be uniform the state must have clarified what it considers to be Shinto traditions, beliefs and practices that everyone must follow, and which aren't (any longer). So what did that look like and how did it differ from normal Shinto beliefs?
Hello all,
I'm quite interested in Shinto, and especially in Inari Εkami and their Byakko (white foxes). I found out that there is a shrine dedicated to them at the Fushimi Inari Taisha, called Byakkosha. I didn't have the opportunity to visit it yet, but I found some pictures online and especially this description, in Japanese. Could someone be so kind as to translate it? (I tried to OCR + Google Translate it, but it wasn't really a success...)
Thank you for any help!
https://preview.redd.it/kt5oggmjdr261.png?width=705&format=png&auto=webp&s=ccaa68a493c262fd838cf32b40c444911d2ceb8e
