Oh, I heard from someone else there were a different kind of shinki. Soulless, was the word I believe.

[It's a strange distinction to consider, soulless versus souled. It's a way to ensure a god is not without a shinki, but strange it happens in the first place. Especially when according to Ebisu, gods were never assigned shinki but named their own from wandering souls.]

I wonder what causes the difference?