A title given to the celestial gods of the first mythical dynasty of Japan and extended to the demigods of the second dynasty, and then to the long line of spiritual princes still represented by the mikado.
(Japanese) Nature gods of Shintoism. 2. Vital life force.
God or Goddess, applied as a term of great respect, eg Osamu Tezuka, often reffered to as 'manga no kami', the manga god. Even greater respect implied by the suffix '-sama'.
This is the word for "God." It's a good word to know. Using the ending and saying "Kami-sama" denotes more respect.
Deity of the Shinto religion, often associated with a particular place.
Shinto deities residing in trees, rocks and other natural phenomena.
Deity, Divine, Spirit, Holy Inspiration, Guardian Angel, Exalted Human Being. The Japanese conception of kami has no direct parallel in Western religious terminology.
one the Shinto deities (including mythological beings, spirits of distinguished men, forces of nature)
God. As in, the guy that floats up in heaven.
Upper, top. Paper. God(s).
A god or nature spirit. In the Shinto religion, everything has a spirit (or kami).
Literally "superior being," applies to Shinto deities and animalistic spirits; used to designate almost any sort of non-demonic spirit.
(KAH-mee) Spirit, god, divinity. The divine essence of a thing. During the period of Kamigawa's history known as the Kami War, these essences manifested in the material world for the first time.
A spirit as conceived in the Shinto religion. (Japanese)
An expression for Supreme Being (God), which in Shinto, can also be used to describe lesser supernatural beings and spirits inhabiting the natural universe (see also SHINTO). When speaking of a particular god or God, it would be proper to say, kami-sama. Kami can be translated many different ways depending on the context, for example
a god or deity; Japan is a polytheistic society, the term god does not refer only to one being, there are many gods with different spheres of influence to be prayed to see also megami
the children of Amaterasu and Onnotangu or a nature spirit or a god
Word used to identify the gods in Shinto
in the Shinto tradition of Japan, the spirits, forces or energies that pervade the natural world, particularly that of the Japanese islands. See also Animism, Shinto.
Spirits dwelling in animate and inaminate places and things in Japanese Shinto belief.
Japanese word for the objects of worship or awe in the Shinto faith. Although the word is sometimes translated as "god" or "deity," Shinto scholars point out that such a translation can cause a serious misunderstanding of the term (Ono, 1962). In some instances, such as Izanagi and Izanami, kami are personified deities, similar to the gods of ancient Greece or Rome.
Kami-sama (Japanese for "God") is the name given to the individual fictional protectors of planets in the Dragon Ball universe although they are more like overseers. In the mythology of the series, the Kami-samas have an indirect reporting relationship to one of the KaiÅs. (In the case of the Kami of Earth, this is to North KaiÅ, however there are three other low-level KaiÅs in our galaxy.)
The Kami are fictional spirit beings that embody an aspect of reality in the fictional plane of Kamigawa, from . Each Kami takes the shape and has powers associated with the element of reality it embodies. In the story, before the Kami war, the Kami were revered as gods and lived in harmony, as a benevolent force to humanity.
Kami was the drummer for the Japanese band Malice Mizer. He was born in the city of Ibaraki, Japan on February 1st. Very little is known about his personal life.
