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===Japanese Shinto===
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Although Shinto has its own view of sin, ancestral sin is not one opted for. Instead, Shinto pushes for all humans being inherently pure, with any accumulated sin, or [[kegare]], being what is accumulated in one's current life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC - Religions - Shinto: Purity in Shinto |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/shinto/beliefs/purity.shtml |access-date=2024-08-28 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> These are to be removed purification rituals, such as [[harae]].
===Greek mythology===
In [[Greek mythology]], the [[Erinyes]] exacted family curses.<ref name="An Etruscan Cinerary Urn in the Kelsey Museum">{{Cite journal |last=Banducci |first=Laura |date=2007 |title=Family Curses in Modern and Ancient History |journal=Bulletin |volume=17 |url=https://quod.lib.umich.edu/b/bulletinfront/0054307.0017.106/--etruscan-cinerary-urn-in-the-kelsey-museum?g=bulletin;rgn=main;view=fulltext;xc=1}}</ref><ref name="Family Curses in Modern and Ancient History">{{Cite web |date=8 August 2015 |title=Family Curses in Modern and Ancient History |url=http://howtoremovecurse.com/family-curses/}}</ref> Certain dynasties have had tragic occurrences happen upon them.
The House of [[Cadmus]], who established and ruled over the city of [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], was one such house. After slaying the dragon and establishing Thebes upon the earth that the dragon terrorized, [[Ares]] cursed Cadmus and his descendants because of the dragon's sacredness to Ares. Similarly, after [[Hephaestus]] discovered his wife, [[Aphrodite]], having a sexual affair with Ares, he became enraged and vowed to avenge himself for Aphrodite's infidelity by cursing the lineage of any children that resulted from the affair. Aphrodite later bore a daughter, [[Harmonia]], the wife of Cadmus, from Ares' seed.
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