Shintai (lit. "god-body"), which have existed since ancient times, refer either to places gods are always present, to the gods' bodies themselves, or to places or objects in which relatively large-sized traditional gods inhabit.
神体（しんたい）古来からあり、神が常にいる場所や神そのものの体や、比較的大きい伝統的な神の宿る場所やもの。