Wikipedia Trail: From Japanese Mythology to Deva

As I was starting my first reading for this week, I became curious about Japanese Mythology. Since I know very little about it, I went to the Wikipedia page for Japanese Mythology and decided to read a bit about it before starting my reading.  From here I clicked on the Shinto page, where I learned about the traditional religion of Japan.  As I was reading this article, I became curious about Kami. The Shinto article kept giving different definitions for Kami, so I went to that page.  After clicking this page, I discovered that they are spirits worshiped in Japan.  In this article, I found the etymology for the word to better understand what type of spirit they were talking about and if they were found in other religions.  In this section of the article, I discovered that the spirits are most like Deva. Naturally, linguistic nerd me clicked this page to learn more about the word.  Here, I learned that it is a Sanskrit word meaning something close to divine.

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  1. UnknownFebruary 28, 2018 at 10:56 AM

    That's some cool stuff you found! I also love how you stayed consistent with the theme and didn't stray too far. My Wikipedia Trails normally end up so far from where I started that I can't believe it. Honestly sometimes I find myself having trouble choosing between staying on an interesting topic and learning more or venturing off in a new direction!

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