Shinigami MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Shinigami? Shinigami is an ENTP personality type in MBTI, 9w1 - sx/sp - 964 in Enneagram, RCOEN in Big 5, LII in Socionics.
Biography
The Japanese version of The Grim Reaper. Contrary to popular belief, they aren't part of traditional Japanese mythology, but got imported from Europe in the 19th century. Originally used to refer to a single entity featured in the play "Shinigami" (usually translated as "death god," but the word is "kami of death" with its own set of connotations), the term has since evolved to refer to an entire race of Psychopomps in Japanese culture. Or, evil demonic soul eaters. Or, those assigned to kill evil demonic soul eaters. Each tale tells it differently. Japanese religion and spiritualism being highly syncretic, features of preexisting Taoist, Buddhist, and Shinto death entities appear to varying extents in different depictions of shinigami. For instance, the idea of a highly stratified and bureaucratic society of psychopomps and divine judges originated in Chinese Buddhism, on the model of the massive Han bureaucracy in the living world.
