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Youkai is a catch-all term for things neither human nor animal.

So yes, pretty much.

No, they are considered Gods.

Depends on who you're asking.

Humans can be gods.

>>3840441
slut ancestor

>>3840489
slut descendant

>>3840494
Is that supposed to be a troll? I agree.

Uh, Can someone explain the difference between the Shamanistic concept of gods and the Christian concept of god.

I was raised by Christians and I can't believe in a being that is so OP

I would also like to know this.

I just want more suwako

>>3840526
Our god is an awesome frog.

Deal with it.

I prefer Kanako.

Considering that the Raijin are considered gods, yes, youkai and gods are the same thing.

You might say that gods are a subset of youkai that are in some way beneficial to humans, or play a large, but obviously necessary role in their daily life. To this end, whether or not a being is a god depends entirely on human perception and may change from culture to culture.

It may also explain why many youkai do not show any respect to gods. There is an episode of the Twilight Zone that is somewhat pertinent to this discussion, "The Tiny People".

>>3840526
... gods in many Eastern religions are part of the world, and share divinity with all other objects and beings in the world. Usually they have more of it, but in some religions (especially ones that have no gods) all things are equally divine. There is no separation from this, whether by human flaw or nature.

In Western religions, the divine is always separate and usually unattainable for normal humans. Gods tend to be less human in their actions, ESPECIALLY when it comes to monotheistic religions, in which the god is (usually) for some reason both master of everything and a paragon of virtue (which is a paradox). I consider older polytheistic Western religions to be part of the class that is more Eastern today.

In Touhou, gods are just gods because it sounds cool to say this about a character when you're drunk.

>>3840510
Who would marry a slut like her?