RELIGIONS
SHINTO
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Question
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1000 B.C.E.
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60 years ago
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Since the beginning of time
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800 years ago
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Detailed explanation-1: -It started at least as long ago as 1000 B.C.E. but is still practiced today by at least five million people. The followers of Shintoism believe that spiritual powers exist in the natural world.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shinto is an ancient Japanese religion. Starting about 500 BCE (or earlier) it was originally “an amorphous mix of nature worship, fertility cults, divination techniques, hero worship, and shamanism.” Its name was derived from the Chinese words “shin tao” ("The Way of the Gods") in the 8th Century CE.
Detailed explanation-3: -Japan’s oldest religion, dating back to prehistoric times, is Shinto. Shinto means ‘the way of the gods’. It is based on the worship of nature and the gods, and on myths that were passed on verbally. Once a writing system had come to Japan from China, the myths were recorded.