Arahitogami

An arahitogami (現人神, lit. "Living god") is a person who is considered a deity, according to Shintoism. In the Satori's Adventures in the Angelic Dreams series, it does not only refers to deified humans, but also non-human humanoid beings who are deified as well, but only used in a context where that being in question is an incarnation of a deity.

Arahitogami in SAAD
The arahitogami concept of Shintoism also appears in the SAAD series as a major motif. Not only referring to deified humans, it also refers to beings that are non-human but are humanoid in appearance who are considered an incarnation of a deity. However, the arahitogami term only applies to a being who is the embodiment of a benevolent deity, and the corresponding in-series term for a being who embodies a malevolent deity is arahitojashin (現人邪神, lit. "Living evil god"). An arahitogami in SAAD, unlike their interpretations in Touhou, will still both human and god at the same time even if faith in them are lost.

Subcategories
Even though the arahitogami usually refers to an incarnation of a Shinto deity, similar groups of incarnation (s) of deities from other religious spheres are also referred as arahitogami by the series. Notable example (s) are:

Neo-Logos
See: Neo-Logos

Neo-Logos is a term that specificially refers to a person who serves as the physical embodiment of the spirit of the Son of God in the times after the original Logos (Jesus). Occurences of people who are Neo-Logos are extremely rare, due to the general (in-series) fact that "nobody will deserve the role as a godlike person unless they lead a life holy enough to be considered saintly people". The rarity of Neo-Logos also attributes to the fact that they are selected by God before the time of their birth, they usually are people who are from areas which are constantly under threat from dangers, and the general situation of the world has been peaceful since the first, as well as the most recent occurence of a Neo-Logos, the persecution of Christians during the Roman times. Neo-Logos, despite they are not arahitogami strictly speaking, they are categorized as such in the series due to being the incarnation of a divine being, and they are (usually) a human.

Known individuals

 * Satori Komeiji (Neo-Logos)
 * Currently unnamed Neo-Logos lived in the Roman times (Neo-Logos)
 * Sanae Kochiya (Shinto arahitogami)