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Christianity
Christianity (キリスト教, kirisuto-kyou; Greek: Χριστιανισμός; Latin: Religio Christiana) is a monotheistic Western religion. Believing in only one god, Christianity is greatly different from religions like Shinto, which worship many gods and may acknowledge the existence of gods from other religions. While Christianity is a majority religion in many parts of the world, it has little presence in Japan compared to Shinto and Buddhism. Because of this, Christianity has developed a reputation as something exotic and mystical.
Christmas (クリスマス kurisumasu) is widely celebrated in Japan, but its religious aspects are mostly ignored; it is largely a commercial holiday centered on Santa Claus, and has also absorbed aspects of Valentine's Day.
Christianity in Touhou
Christianity appears to hold little if no spiritual significance in the Touhou Project. The vampire Remilia Scarlet, for instance, is unharmed by crosses despite taking spiritual damage from Shinto charms and the Yin-Yang Orb.[1][2]
Both Seiga Kaku and Hieda no Akyuu compare Toyosatomimi no Miko to Jesus Christ, Seiga finding tales of his resurrection after a mere three days unimpressive compared to Miko's[3], and Akyuu noting that legends of Prince Shotoku being born in a stable (which Miko denies) were probably influenced by Christianity.[4]
In Symposium of Post-mysticism, Seiga Kaku decides to act as a "Santa Claus" for Gensokyo (being unsure if the real Santa exists there), but simplify things by stealing valuables to pay for the toys she leaves. Aya Shameimaru merely expresses a hope that she doesn't wear Santa's white hair while she does it, since she wouldn't want such deeds associated with someone who looks like the tengu's god Sarutahiko.[5]
In the PC-98 games Yumemi Okazaki used crosses as danmaku, leading Ellen to ask if she was a Christian. Sariel and Shinki appear to be based on an angel of death and Lucifer respectively.
Characters relevant to this religion
- Unnamed girl on DiPP jacket (?)
- Yumemi Okazaki (?)
- Sariel (?)
- Shinki (?)
- Stage 4 Midboss of Story of Eastern Wonderland (?)
- Characters not original to Touhou
See Also
- Wikipedia entry for Christianity
- Wikipedia entry for Christianity in Japan
- Wikipedia entry for Christmas
- Wikipedia entry for Christmas in Japan
- Demon
- Angel
- Devil
- Vampire
- Magician
- Saint
References
- ↑ Imperishable Night - Manual: Remilia Scarlet. "Crosses have no effect on her. It puzzles her to hear that her kind are supposed to be weak against such a thing. "
- ↑ Shoot the Bullet: Spell Card Ex - 2. "I was fairly sure vampires were weak to the cross symbol, but it doesn't seem like it. She just came out and played with it..."
- ↑ Ten Desires: Youmu's Scenario. "She will be revived very soon. Compared to that foreign prophet who resurrected three days after his execution... this will be much more divine and magnificent."
- ↑ Symposium of Post-mysticism: Miko article
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Symposium of Post-mysticism: Bunbunmaru Newspaper 4