Shrine Shinto is said to originate in a primitive religion that arose spontaneously in Japan and is derived from the Ancient Shinto that involved worship of nature and the dead, and elements of both sources still remain today.
神社神道も元は、日本で自然発生的に生まれた原始宗教ともいわれ、自然崇拝や精霊崇拝を内包する古神道から派生し、これら神社神道も古神道も現在に息づいている。