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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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I. MATERIALS FOR THE STUDY OF SHINTO................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1 II. GENERAL FEATURES—PERSONIFICATION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................5 III. GENERAL FEATURES—DEIFICATION OF MEN................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................36 IV. GENERAL FEATURES—FUNCTIONS OF GODS, &C.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................65 V. MYTH................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................75 VI. THE MYTHICAL NARRATIVE................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................84 VII. THE PANTHEON—NATURE-DEITIES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................121 VIII. THE PANTHEON—MAN-DEITIES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................177 IX. THE PRIESTHOOD................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................200 X. WORSHIP................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................208 XI. MORALS, LAW, AND PURITY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................241 XII. CEREMONIAL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................268 XIII. MAGIC, DIVINATION, INSPIRATION................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................327 XIV. DECAY OF SHINTO. MODERN SECTS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................359
