What Are the Names of the Shinto Gods and Goddesses and What Does Shinto Mean In Japanese?
The word Shinto means “way of the gods.” In its earliest form, Shinto was not a unified religion with strict rules or beliefs. The Japanese prayed to a number of different gods and spirits, called kami. Most of the kami represented the awesome forces of nature such as the sun, the moon, the wind, and the ocean. Izanagi and his s