Characteristics that identifiy shintô bearing in mind that, from the viewpoint of a practitioner of minzoku NEO-shintô, these are normative, not definitive.

Praxis – the practices of the commons; the people who actually transmit a traditional folkway to the next generation

The Five Criteria of Folklore – What are the identifing traits that makes something a part of folklore?

What shintô Doesn't Have – shintô doesn't have many of the things that Westerners normally associate with the idea of religion

Influences on shintô – The sources of ideas that came from outside the Japanese culture, but that were subsequently incorporated into the body of shintô folklore

Religious Norms Within shintô – Ideas that are central to the practices of the various forms of shintô

shintô Virtues – Ways of behavior that are encouraged within shintô

shintô and Sin – The attitude of shintô practitioners towards what is called sin in the Western religions

shintô and Sex – The attitude of shintô practitioners towards sexuality