Omiki

Sake offered on a sanbo altar

Omiki (お神酒) is an offering of sake or other alcoholic drinks offered to gods in Japanese Shinto.[1][2][3]

Sake is often consumed as part of Shinto purification rituals.[4] People drink omiki with gods to communicate with them and to solicit rich harvests the following year.

  1. ^ Brian Bocking (30 September 2005). A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. Routledge. p. 175. ISBN 978-1-135-79738-6.
  2. ^ 字通, 精選版 日本国語大辞典,デジタル大辞泉,普及版. "神酒とは". コトバンク (in Japanese). Retrieved 2022-02-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "神酒(おみき)とは何？ Weblio辞書". www.weblio.jp. Retrieved 2022-02-26.
  4. ^ Thomas P. Kasulis (August 2004). Shinto. University of Hawaii Press. p. 70. ISBN 978-0-8248-6430-9.