| A megalith/spiritual rock, shinboku (sacred tree), Chinju-no-Mori (Sacred Shrine Forest), etc. which were considered yorishiro (spiritualistic mediums) in the ancient Shinto, indicate 'border' respectively because '籬' in himorogi (神籬) means 'a fence' and iwakura (磐座) is also written as '磐境' (rock border). |
古神道の依り代とされる巨石・霊石や神木や鎮守の森などは、神の依り代であると同時に、神籬の「籬」は「垣」であり磐座は「磐境」ともいい、それぞれ「端境」を示している。 |