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Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages

Five thousand religious, mystical, Indigenous and esoteric lineages from around the world — what they are, where they came from, and where to read more.

Source-linked and transparently qualified. Editorial standards and correction criteria are public.

Created and maintained by Ayara and Kyle Jonathan B@KJB_and_AYARA

Entries: 5,000
Candidate geography relations: 7,326
Candidate country vocabulary: 162

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Atlas 3772Scholarly / historical only

Kōtaijingū Nenjūgyōji ritual-text tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Early Kamakura-period ritual record; the cited Kokugakuin article dates completion to 1192 and documents later additions in 1464
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3773Institution-specific

Samukawa Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3774Institution-specific

Amano Iwato Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3775Scholarly / historical only

Gobushosetsuben Shinto textual-critical tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Early-modern textual-critical work first completed in 1736, with later additions described by the cited Kokugakuin article
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3776Institution-specific

Tokyo Daijingū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3777Institution-specific

Kitaguchi Hongū Fuji Sengen Jinja institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3778Institution-specific

Kunōzan Tōshōgū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3779Institution-specific

Mishima Taisha shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3780Scholarly / historical only

Nakatomi-no-Harae Kikigaki lecture-text tradition

East Asian Traditions Textual corpus / teaching

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Late-medieval lecture record; Kokugakuin dates the documented lecture to 1490
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3782Institution-specific

Ōyama Afuri Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3783Institution-specific

Takebe Taisha shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3784Institution-specific

Yūtoku Inari Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3785Institution-specific

Miyazaki Jingū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3786Institution-specific

Terukuni Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3787Institution-specific

Sakatsura Isosaki Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3788Institution-specific

Misaki Jinja shrine institution in Kushima

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3789Institution-specific

Aoshima Jinja shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3790Institution-specific

Ōsaki Hachimangū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3791Institution-specific

Kashii-gū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3792Institution-specific

Hikosan Jingū shrine institution

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3793Community-bound / restricted

Chinka-sai / Hana Shizume Matsuri rite tradition

East Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Ancient state-rite roots under the Jingiryō; Kokugakuin reports that Department of Divinities involvement ended in the medieval era while shrine observances continued to the present
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 3794Institution-specific

Shirahige Jinja shrine institution at Lake Biwa

East Asian Traditions Sacred site / complex

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Historical shrine institution; current institutional or national-tourism documentation; legendary foundation claims are not adopted as historical fact
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 4208Institution-specific

Jōdo Shinshū Takada-ha

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Medieval origins; living denomination
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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Atlas 4209Institution-specific

Jōdo Shinshū Bukkōji-ha

Buddhist Traditions Lineage / school

Public geography: Japan
Period / origin: Medieval origins; living denomination
Evidence status: Directly cited

Candidate countriesJapan

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