# Shinto (the Way of the Gods)

Author: Aston, W. G. (William George), 1841-1911

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46038

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## Summary

=Prehistoric Shinto=.--Ethnologists are agreed that the predominant element of the Japanese race came to Japan by way of Korea from that part of Asia which lies north of China, probably by a succession of immigrations which extended over many centuries. It is useless to speculate as to what rudiments of religious belief the ancestors of the Japanese race may have brought with them from their continental home. Sun-worship has long been a central feature of Tartar religions, as it is of Shinto; but such a coincidence proves nothing, as this cult is universal among nations in the barbaric stage of civilization. It is impossible to say whether or not an acquaintance with the old State religio...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/6/index.md)
- [ii. 20, says, "The Lord is in his holy temple," the Targums have,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/shinto-the-way-of-the-gods-46038/chapters/1/index.md)