> From: "Bob Smith" <rwsmith@hvc.rr.com>
> Kami, as I understand it, is more inclusive, ranging from Dieties 
> in the classic (western) sense like Amaterasu the Sun Goddess to spirits 
> of forest, stone, waterfall, and the like. 

That is more or less correct.  If you watched Spirit Away, all 
those who go to the bath house are kami-sama.  E.g. the dirtiest, 
muddy one is the river kami-sama.

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