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Harae

Harae or harai (祓 or 祓い) is the general term for ritual purification in Shinto. Harae is one of four essential elements involved in a Shinto ceremony. The purpose is the purification of pollution or sins (tsumi) and uncleanness (kegare). These concepts include bad luck and disease as well as guilt in the English sense.

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Harae

Nodes21
Edges20
Triples60
Avg. degree1.9
Density0.095238
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related to References · 38
Harae → Ame, Anthropological Institute, Anthropology, Ari, BBC, Boyd, Chamberlain, Daihōrinkaku, Ethnology, Great Britain, History, Homepage, Ireland, Iroha, ISBN, Japan, Japanese, Japanese Shintō, Jinjashinpōsha, JSTOR
related to history · 9
Harae → According, Ama-no-Iwato, Amaterasu, Amaterasu's, Shinto, Sun, Susano-o, The, This
related to Practice · 7
Harae → At, In, Ise Grand Shrine, Often, Shinto, Then, There
see also · 3
Harae → ConsecrationGlossary, Japanese Shinto, Shinto

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shinto ritual purification retrieved may 2011 also susano-o another performed salt jstor database well often shrine japanese pollution water object

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the Daijō saiinstance ofas well as on the occasion of major religious events0.80text
the bokujō divinationinstance ofas well as on the occasion of major religious events0.80text
and the purificationinstance ofas well as on the occasion of major religious events0.80text
Haraerelated to historySusano-o0.60section
Haraerelated to historySun0.60section
Haraerelated to historyAmaterasu0.60section
Haraerelated to historyAccording0.60section
Haraerelated to historyThis0.60section
Haraerelated to historyAma-no-Iwato0.60section
Haraerelated to historyAmaterasu's0.60section
Haraerelated to historyThe0.60section
Haraerelated to historyShinto0.60section

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