That is, a shintai means the place or object where the god resides or descends, (was enshrined, lives in secret, or exists) and also known as a mitamashiro (spirit replacement) or a yorishiro (object representative of a divine spirit, object to which a spirit is drawn or summoned, object or animal occupied by a kami). |
いわゆる御霊代(みたましろ)・依り代(よりしろ)といわれる神の宿る降りる(鎮座する・隠れ住まう・居る)場所や物である。 |