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Tales Of Zestiria Religion Analysis

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Many pieces of art created by Japanese culture originate from their religion, Shintoism and Christianity. Many pieces of art created by Japanese culture originate from their religion of Shintoism and Christianity, which are the two predominant religions in Japanese culture. Tales of Zestiria, a Japanese videogame, clearly depicts the synthesis of both Shintoism and Christianity beliefs. The virtual world of Tales of Zestiria contains beliefs of utilizing the power wielded by spiritual entities “seraphim.” Seraphim are divine entities within nature that bestow the story’s protagonist divine powers to bring peace to the world. The artistic world and story in Tales of Zestiria signifies the beliefs and thoughts of Shintoism and Christianity of …show more content…

When analyzing the elements of the videogame, the belief of obtaining divine powers through seraphim will evoke prosperity to the world is the same belief Shintoism has when they pray to nature. In traditional angelology of Christianity, seraphim are heavenly beings of light and purity, which is a term used to portray the divine entities in Tales of Zestiria. Shintoism believe in divine spiritual beings called “kami” (gods in their term). They pray on the kami and perform rituals, but they also believe the kami are within nature as well. If they have tremendous amount of faith to the kami, they believe the kami will grant them divine abilities to continue the prosperity between nature and humanity. There practices maintain nature in balance and pray on the kami so they can be granted power to keep humanity in balance. Their religion allows them to believe that humanity will one day cease their conflict and live in peace. Christianity on the other hand believe in seraphim, which are mentioned in the Christian bible as angels of god. Seraphim are described as messengers between heaven and earth. Both Christianity and Shintoism beliefs are different, yet the world of Tales of Zestiria was created from the beliefs of both Shintoism and

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