Shinto Symbol: How to make one and its meaning

Paper offerings are used in many cultures within the context of shamanic ritual. Purification symbols, vehicles for blessings of the gods through the officiants.

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I've seen these on Sailor Moon where Rei (Sailor Mars) lives at the Hikawa Shrine with her Grandfather

Interesting that you tear the Shide into strips. I have seen Korean Mudangs (Shamans) have their form of Shide, being just one of the strips (not the whole Shide as in Shinto) twisted into or onto a rice straw rope. I wonder if there is some common connection. The Koreans while exposed to Japanese Shinto for ages have their own native religious forms of Shamanism. Even many Korean Christians visit a Mudang for spiritual advice.

I knew I would enjoy watching this from the start. No sound required...

im playing fatal frame series and see many priest using this symbol in their ritual , and i even didnt know what its name , thanks to this videos very help

I’ve always wondered what these were

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I was searching for hours to find the name of this thing

I’m from demon slayer

I do have a question. I wanted to use these in a fashion design but I’m unsure if it would be deemed disrespectful in anyway and if so I would avoid using it. Trying to do research on iconography and symbols before I use them for a casual setting

My dumbass thinking they gonna use it for toilet paper:👁👄👁

I love shinto culture and how peacefull it is and the thout that evrything has kami even nature ⛩

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very nice !

One way to understand the Shimenawa and Shide comes from understanding inner strength esoteric practices. The reason Sumo wrestlers wear a Shimenawa around their waist for ceremony is the indication of inner power. Why? Because when we train inner connected strength we become coiled as the Simenawa rope and power releases in lightning effect, thereof the Shide. When we twist and pull apart the coiled rope it tightens and creates friction enabling connected body power releases.

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The one hit obliterator is very happy

This is a simple and easy craft to make for a Japanese class. Arigatou.

I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS! I AM SHINTOIST (alright sorry for caps) also thanks for showing how to make one

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Using this in my ceramics project

Drop a like if you were here to make a Reimu cosplay!

That moment when internet always show Japanese Culture and tradition by foreigners lol

I read that shikigami are spriits that you can bind into paper forms. I ask myself why this video was shown to me, it has nothing to do with binding dangerous spirits to paper forms?

So do you actually believe in spiritual properties, or do you think at had just the practical purpose (of being handed out)?

Finally I found the name of this thing!

and why is a gaijin doing this?

reimu

は私の名前をハーマワン、私はノッチ、インドネシアに滞在しました。私はあなたが、これはすぐにサタンの呪いから解放された私の体中の魂のために祈ることで助けたいと思う読んで頼みます。そして魂はあなたのすべての祈りのおかげで生まれ変わることができます

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thank u, but i want you to explain to me the meaning of the rop made from dry plant silks or dry Palm fronds wich the stips are attached on?

i do not think shide are made for that purpose

Is this hard?

I really don't get the folding part. So I get that you fold it in a spiral and it's supposed to look like lightning but how?? Like I watched the video over and over and i tried over and over and I still can't get it. What am I supposed to do? I'm so confused.

If I decorated my bedroom wall in this, for instance, would it be akin to celtic notes with general pagan roots or a more potent religious symbol like the christian cross? I guess what I'm asking is, would it be religiously ignorant/disrespectful to use the zig zag paper as general Japanese decoration?

This is way easier than I thought

taihen wakariyasui desu
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Thank you! Its the simplest explaination I have found to date on making them.

Thank you for watching.

We are building a Japanese style gate (we lived in Tokyo for 10 years) and found your video when googling for 'how to make shinto zigzags'. So thank you for posting the video, timtak1.

Phone, stop messing me up. Anyway, I was wondering if it would be disrespectful to make shide for my current circumstances and purposes. I would like to use it maybe in a shimenawa across my doorway to my room, or use it against a wall in my room. Also, I might try to use it for cosplaying, if necessary. Could someone please help me out here?

Can somebody please help me? I am not Shinto at all, I really like the culture, and I am interested in learning about it, but I am Christian (Correct my terminology if necessary). I saw this other video about making shide by a user named HouzanSuzuki, and he stressed greatly how one should not make one if they are currently another religion. I know that I could be being superstitious, but maybe not, so I was wondering if it would be okay for me t

As far as I am aware "intent" is not really an issue in Shinto, and that is one of the big differences to Catholicism. At least, many of the people visiting shrines on new years day for instance, would find difficult distinguish their shrine visitation and tourism destination visitation. As far as I know, Shrines welcome tourists, as long as they are respectful. Tourism and shrine visitation has always been bound up ion Japan. See Graburn To pray, pay and play," or books that quote it.

Cool. Where are you from?

Thank you for your comment. Shided are not used in Omamori now but please see the references at base of vid explanation. As you say it probably originates in the Branches. It is a theory of Yanagita's that originally the paper was natural (as in the Ainu version) and that it was given away, I would say as a totemic symbol. I am not very religious, but I believe that symbols are very powerful. Indeed I think I am a symbol! So when people wave symbols, and possibly give them away...

I lost 15 subscribers (of about 50) as a result of posting this video. I am sorry if I caused offence.

My pleasure. But what will the kami think?

Depending on where they are they are called a lot of different things but gohei the altar, shide hanging from shimenawa,and nusa perhaps when on those wand (harai-gushi) that priests used to purifythings.