Kannabi

In Shinto, there is a concept known as Kannabi (神奈備), also referred to as kaminabi or kamunabi, which denotes a region that houses a kami or is itself a shintai (a repository in which a kami resides). These regions are typically forests or mountains,^[2][3] and examples include Mount Miwa^[1] and Nachi Falls.^[3]

Kannabi can have sacred trees called shinboku or rocks called Iwakura.^[3] Kannabi may also have shimenawa, torii gates, and sandō which show the way to them.

Shrines that worship kannabi do not always have a honden or haiden like other shrines. Instead, they enshrine the natural kannabi as deities. One example is Ōmiwa Shrine.^[1] Kanasana Jinja is another shrine where the mountain itself is the shintai.^[4]

• Age of the Gods
• Ko-Shintō
• Himorogi・Iwakura
• Shintai・Yorishiro
• Shinboku
• Sacred mountains・Mountain worship
• Kannagi
• Chinju no Mori

1. 1 2 3 Tamura, Yoshiro (2000). "The Birth of the Japanese Nation". Japanese Buddhism - A Cultural History. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Company. pp. 21. ISBN 4-333-01684-3.
2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-04-10. Retrieved 2023-04-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. 1 2 3 霊峰富士など。山岳信仰を参照
4. ↑ "Glossary of Shinto Names and Terms: K". www2.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2023-04-06.