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 1 Range |     of approximations, false gods deliberately set up to be
 2 Primit|    as Shinto, or the Path of Gods, was the simple rite of
 3 Primit|     to the groups of Kami or gods, on the mystic mountain
 4 Primit|      claims descent from the gods who followed the grandson
 5 Primit|   the Sakaki, or tree of the gods., upon which are hung pieces
 6 Taoism| palaces of worship for their gods, which were invariably overthrown
 7 Taoism|    those of one of their own gods. The golden Sennin (Wizard
 8 Buddhi|   paint the whole world with gods. His teaching was probably
 9 Buddhi|      concerning the forms of gods, means correlative attempts
10 Asuka |     of that "Assembly of the Gods" who were held to have given
11 Asuka |  came from worshipping alien gods. Thus they got permission
12 Heian | acquired its great masses of gods and goddesses, alien to
13 Heian |  fervour and nearness to the gods, such as is unknown in any
14 Kamaku|    or the worshipper for his gods.~It is possible that this
15 Vista |    amongst all the stars and gods, equal in number to the