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Test 3
Shinto and Zoroastrianism
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Religious Studies
Not Applicable
07/21/2010

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Term
SHINTO
Definition
"the way of the gods"
had no founder or moral codes
Term
KAMI
Definition
something that inspires awe; could be gods, power, force; trees, water, mountains
Term
INARI
Definition
god or goddess of rice
Term
KOJIKI / NIHONGI
Definition
books or collections of myths for the higher clans
NOT SCRIPTURES!!!!
Term
AMATERASU
Definition
Sun Goddess
-the ancestress of the emperial line
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MIKO
Definition
women who communicated with the gods
"shrine maiden"
-not married
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TORI
Definition
set off the shrines/ shrine gates
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KANNAGURO
Definition
"way of the KAMIS"
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MATSURI
Definition
Shinto festival
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TSUMI
Definition
impurity or pollution
-could be events, or bad actions,anger, blood, hatred
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MISOGI
Definition
"personal purification";
by water
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OHARAI
Definition
purification of an "item";
performed by a priest
Term
ZOROASTRIANISM
Definition
started in Iran around 1500 BCE;
started from same originators of the Vedic people, similar to Vedic religions
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AVESTA
Definition
the scripture
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GATHAS
Definition
the songs of the the AVESTA;
the oldest parts
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ZARATHRUSTRA 1500 BCE
Definition
first prophet; was a MAGI who was told by God that there was more than just asking for things; there was a choice to be good or bad
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MAGI
Definition
sacrificial priests
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AHURA MAZDA
Definition
the God of Zoroastrianism;
morality
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MUST HAVE in Zoroastriansim
Definition
1) good thoughts 2)good words 3)good deeds
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ANGRA MAINYU
Definition
the evil spirit who fought with Ahura Mazda
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SAOSHYANT
Definition
the "savior" who comes at the end times and fights with the evil spirit;
everyone is resurrected, judged, then goes to heaven
Term
CYRUS THE GREAT
500 BCE
Definition
emperor of the ACHAEMENID EMPIRE;
freed the Jews;
mentioned in the Bible
Term
538 BCE
Definition
Cyrus the Great invaded Babylon and freed the Jews
Term
INFLUENCES OF ZOROASTRIANISM
Definition
devil, afterlife based on morality, heaven and hell, messiah, "MAGI" could have been the same as the wise men
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PARSIS
Definition
the Zoroastrians that moved into India in the 10th century CE
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KUSTI
Definition
the string tied around the waist in Zoroastrianism
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IZANAMI / IZANAGI
Definition
brother and sister that stirred the ocean and created Japan with salt deposits
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