Essay On Shinto God

A single, all-knowing entity is central to the religion that I had grown up with. A god named God a figure of perfection who cradles the world. Watching over the people of Earth and holding control of what goes on with no-one sitting at his level sharing such an amazing power of creation. God made it all and holds so much faith from the people and for the people, but no matter what anyone says, I cannot bear the thought of giving all of my faith to someone or something so inhumanely “pure”. Perhaps he may not be, but that is the way I have grown to see him, a purity that evades Hell. As a child it was especially important to me to have a figure that I could relate to in a way that did not make me feel uncomfortable with all of my flaws. I needed imperfections in entities that held equally immense power and I found it in cultures with polytheism. It started with Greek myth—Zeus, Hades, Aphrodite—and moved on to many others that caught my eye through various media. Amaterasu, goddess of the sun in Shinto religion, is one of the gods I am rather fond of. I came across her through a game called Ōkami in which she was portrayed as a wolf whose job was to save Japan from the darkness spread by Orochi—an eight headed snake. Not only was her personality rather quirky for a silent protagonist, but so …show more content…
Amaterasu withdrew into a cave as a show of anger, it had been after many pranks from her brother, Susanoo, and only after one of her weaving maidens were killed out of fright from one of the pranks (Faces of the Goddess). And Rudra is quick to anger at even the smallest of transgressions from those who are most faithful ("Rudra"). Both scenarios can be seen in real life and that is what makes them ideal in my eyes. Not only is the human-like aspect gratifying, but being able to see how their personalities are allows a better insight to who these gods