Religion:Kannabi

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Short description: Sacred locations in Shinto
Omiwa Shrine has Mount Miwa as its Shintai and does not have a honden.[1]

Kannabi (神奈備), also kaminabi or kamunabi, refers to a region in Shinto that is a shintai (repositories in which kami reside) itself, or hosts a kami.[2] They are generally either mountains or forests.[2][3] Nachi Falls is considered a kannabi,[4] as is Mount Miwa.[1]

Overview

They may be host to shinboku (sacred trees), or Iwakura rocks[3] They may have shimenawa, torii, and sandō marking the path towards them.[citation needed]

Shrines dedicated to kannabi often lack a honden or haiden, and instead enshrine the natural kannabi as deities. Ōmiwa Shrine is one such example.[1] Kanasana Shrine also has its mountain be its Shintai[5]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Tamura, Yoshiro (2000). "The Birth of the Japanese Nation". Japanese Buddhism - A Cultural History. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Company. pp. 21. ISBN 4-333-01684-3. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://archive.today/20230407173533/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9690
  3. 3.0 3.1 霊峰富士など。山岳信仰を参照
  4. Kamizaka, Jirō. "Hiryū Gongen" (in ja). Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport - Kinki Regional Development Bureau. http://www.kkr.mlit.go.jp/wakayama/rekishi/disco131.html. 
  5. "Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: K". https://www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp/ijcc/wp/glossary/def_K.html.