to just say "involves the worship of 'kami.'"It is a spiritualist religion that involves the worship of ancestors (“kami”)
If the Empress is the only "living kami", what about former Emperors and Empresses that still live after their tenure as such? Yui is an example of this.
I also wonder if warships associated with them are holy. the YSS Yui had reports of a ghost of Chiharu, and it and the SRSS Yggdrasill were involved with turning the ghost into her youngest daughter/partial ST backup, if memory serves. Is the YSS Yui considered holy?
I'm not sure about giving every member divine status. Many people are adopted into the clan rather than born into it. Perhaps they have to be born into the clan or "canonized" like catholic saints are for their contributions?
Shinto is only practiced by Japanese people and the animist spirits/kami that Shinto practitioners believe in further only exist on the Japanese islands, too. Like, there are no kami in America or Europe or Africa. It's pretty hard to say without the input of a Japanese person. Someone might think it's disrespectful, but that could be a matter of personality more than anything.One last question: Do you guys think actual IRL Shinto people would be okay with this?
This is why the distinction between kami and "ancestors" is important. Some kami are ancestors who embody virtues and themes, but most are just animistic spirits that make up the universe. Like rocks and trees and the wind. So it can be a fitting belief system for those without ancestors.Many people in the SAoY don't have ancestors at all.
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