WORLD RELIGIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -Kami are the divine spirits or gods recognized in Shinto, the native religion of Japan. There are eight million kami-a number that, in traditional Japanese culture, can be considered synonymous with infinity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Shinto is polytheistic, involving the veneration of many deities known as kami, or sometimes as jingi. In Japanese, no distinction is made here between singular and plural, and hence the term kami refers both to individual kami and the collective group of kami.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, known as Shichifukujin in Japanese, are an eclectic group of deities from Japan, India, and China which originated from Shinto, Buddhism and Hinduism. Each deity existed independently before the group was created in Japan in the 16th century.