Ryukyuan religion

E137138

Ryukyuan religion is an indigenous polytheistic belief system of the Ryukyu Islands that centers on ancestor worship, local deities, and a prominent role for priestesses and spiritual mediums.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ryukyuan religion canonical 29

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ethnic religion ⓘ
folk religion ⓘ
indigenous religion ⓘ
polytheistic religion ⓘ
religion of Japan ⓘ
coreBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
spirit mediumship ⓘ
veneration of local deities ⓘ
hasClergyType kaminchu ⓘ
noro priestess ⓘ
yuta ⓘ
hasConcept ancestral spirit guardianship ⓘ
kami ⓘ
pollution and purification ⓘ
sacred landscape ⓘ
hasDeityType ancestor spirits ⓘ
household deities ⓘ
nature deities ⓘ
sea deities ⓘ
tutelary deities ⓘ
hasFunction community cohesion ⓘ
protection of households and villages ⓘ
hasGenderRole matrilineal ritual authority ⓘ
prominent role for women as priestesses ⓘ
hasHistoricalCenter Ryukyu Kingdom ⓘ
hasRitual ancestor memorial rites ⓘ
divination rituals ⓘ
healing rituals ⓘ
purification rituals ⓘ
seasonal festivals ⓘ
hasSacredPlaceType ancestral tomb ⓘ
household altar ⓘ
sacred grove ⓘ
utaki ⓘ
hasSpecialistRole ritual specialist ⓘ
spiritual medium ⓘ
influencedBy Buddhism ⓘ
Chinese folk religion ⓘ
Japanese state Shinto ⓘ
Taoism ⓘ
practicedBy Ryukyuan people ⓘ
practicedIn Kagoshima Prefecture ⓘ
Okinawa Prefecture ⓘ
Ryukyu Islands ⓘ
relatedTo Japanese folk religion ⓘ
Shinto ⓘ
ritualLanguage Ryukyuan languages ⓘ
status culturally endangered ⓘ
still practiced ⓘ
worldview humans, ancestors, and deities share a connected spiritual world ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ryukyuan people → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shuri → religionHistoricallyAssociated → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Amami Islands → traditionalBelief → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Yaeyama Islands → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Okinawa Island → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Sonohyan-utaki Ishimon → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Ryukyuan music → associatedWith → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Tamaudun Mausoleum → associatedReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Ryukyuan culture → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shuri Plateau → associatedWith → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Hamahiga Island → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Kyushu (Ryukyu Islands) → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Miyako people → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Amami people → traditionalReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shisa figurines → culturalContext → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
subject linked to: shisa figurines
Hokuzan → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shō Shin → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shuri-jō Site → hasReligiousAssociation → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Sonohyan-utaki sacred grove → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Nakagusuku Village → traditionalBeliefSystem → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Shō Hashi → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Tarama → hasTraditionalBelief → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Hamahiga Island sacred sites → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Urasoe Yodore Mausoleum → religion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Yabuchi Island → hasReligiousTradition → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Amami cultural area → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Obon Eisa festival → religiousTradition → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ
Yonaguni people → hasReligion → Ryukyuan religion ⓘ