In the narrow sense, it refers to noro (hereditary female Shinto priest performing shinji in villages in Okinawa), but in the broad sense, it means a person serving god, which includes assistant Shinto priests of noro, colonial priests such as negami and nenin, and folk shamans such as yuta.
狭義にはノロ（祝女）のことであるが、広義には神に仕える者と言う意味で、祝女の補佐役などの神職者、根神や根人といった集落の祭司や、民間シャーマンであるユタも神人に含まれる。