REDEFINING THE CONCEPT OF DEITY IN JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NORSE GODS AND GODDESSES
REDEFINING THE CONCEPT OF DEITY IN JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF NORSE GODS AND GODDESSES

Summary/Abstract: This article presents a brief description of the concept of ‘god’ – kami in Japanese mythology and makter in Norse mythology, in an attempt to understand and explain the Japanese concept from the perspective of what makter represent in the Old Norse context. We briefly present the concept of kami and the difficulties it poses to researchers using a language other than the Japanese, and briefly highlight similarities with the Norse concept of makter.

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