Talk:Shinto

The Kami becoming Buddhist and anthropomorphic

'The kami came to be viewed as part of Buddhist cosmology and were increasingly depicted anthropomorphically.'

These are two very different processes that are hardly connected in any way, and the chronological order appears to be the opposite of the one that the wording here suggests. If the Kami were ever seen as anything other than anthropomorphic at all - a big 'if' - they surely must have become anthropomorphic before they had become widely viewed as part of Buddhist cosmology. Kojiki, the earliest written source about the Kami, already describes them as perfectly anthropomorphic, but there is nothing Buddhist in its depiction of them or in its entire narrative or cosmology yet, even though Buddhism itself was already known in the country by that time.

In general, I sense a strong agenda trying to push the message that, roughly, 'there has never been a non-Buddhist Japanese religious tradition, Japan has always been Buddhist'. Which is, of course, not true. I see no reason to refuse to call the pre-Buddhist Japanese religious tradition Shinto, but whatever one calls it, it clearly existed. 62.73.69.121 (talk) 20:18, 10 November 2023 (UTC)

Demographics needed

I know it's not easy to measure, but... How many people identify as followers of Shinto? Smilo Don (talk) 14:46, 5 September 2024 (UTC)

Wrong link

In the second paragraph, the "robux" link redirects to the "Roblox" page 193.0.108.42 (talk) 15:50, 27 November 2024 (UTC)

Definition

"The term Shinto is often translated into English as "the way of the kami""

I cannot find "kami" at all in the English dictionary. 130.0.28.174 (talk) 10:59, 24 January 2025 (UTC)