Kami

Kami (神) is a Japanese word for the spirits that are worshipped in the Shinto religion. Not all of Kami are gods of the personified type. Instead, they have to do with phenomena and events like the growth of trees, or rain, or wind, or rock called Iwakura, or other aspects of Nature; it is believed that these kami live in those natural things. 

It is usually said that there are . In Japanese the number "eight-million" is normally used to mean infinity.

Though the word kami can be translated multiple ways into English, no English word expresses its full meaning.

 Some important kami  
 Amaterasu, the sun goddess 
 Inari, god of foxes
 Kotoamatsukami, the primary kami trinity
 Izanagi, the first man 
 Izanami, the first woman 
 Shinigami, kami of death
 Ryūjin, god of the sea
 Susanoo, god of storms
 Sarutahiko, kami of Earth
 Tsukuyomi, kami of moon

Related pages 
 Shinto 
 Shinto shrine
 Inugami
 Japanese divinities

 Other websites  
 Kami at Onmark database

Category:Gods and goddesses of Japan
Category:Shinto