Shinto Shinto appeared out of thin air… I have come up with this conclusion because there is no known founder and no origin date. Like poof there it is! However, moving on, Shinto people seem to me a lot like the hippies of the U.S. in the 60s. I formed this opinion do to their same interest in world peace. Just like those 60s people, Shinto could have died out as a result of the successful growth of Buddhism (Molloy). But there are still hippies around. Kami are spirits, if I understand correctly, who probably came from Izanami and Izanagi, the birthers of the world (Japan). It sounds like there were many phases of Shinto. From the beginning then they move to Heian period, where Buddhism and Shinto mixed. However, I don’t understand this
