What is Shintoism?

Question

could somebody like adopt this religion or whateva?

Answer 1

The faith of the Japanese pagans.

Answer 2

Shinto (神道, shintō?) is the native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. It involves the worship of kami (神, kami?), gods. Some kami are local and can be regarded as the spiritual being/spirit or genius of a particular place, but other ones represent major natural objects and processes: for example, Amaterasu, the Sun goddess, or Mount Fuji. Shinto is an animistic belief system. The word Shinto was created by combining two kanji: "shin" (神, "shin"?)(loan words usually retain their chinese pronunciation, hence shin not kami), meaning gods or spirits ; and "tō" (道, "tō"?), meaning a philosophical way or path (originally from the Chinese word dao). As such, Shinto is commonly translated as "The Way of the Gods".

Answer 3

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.

Shinto is a tolerant religion which accepts the validity of other religions. It is common for a believer to pay respects to other religions, their practices and objects of worship.

Answer 4

A religion native to Japan, characterized by veneration of nature spirits and ancestors and by a lack of formal dogma.

Answer 5

Japanese polytheistic religion. They believe in Kami, or spirits, who reside in nature. It is a very simple yet profoundly beautiful faith...

Answer 6

Did you notice the grasshopper at your feet?

Answer 7

I am pretty sure it is a type of Islam.