The most important stories in Japanese mythology deal with creation and the goddess Amaterasu. Deeply rooted in nature, they vividly describe the formation of the landscape and the origin of forces such as fire, wind, and light. Creation Myth. According to the Kojiki, in the beginning there...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese creation myth Tenchikaibyaku lit. "creation of heaven and earth"), is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial...
Creation Myths from the Nihongi (Washington State Univ.)Myths and Legends (Harapan Media of Japan)The Eight Million Kami (Japanese language only) SHRINE LINKSAssociation of Shintō Shrines (Jinja Honchō 神社本庁)Atsuta Jingū 熱田神宮 (in Nagoya)Federation of Sectarian Shintō (Kyōha Shintō ...
One such cycle is the constant alternation of birth and death, creation and destruction. People have linked the moon with both birth and death. The Polynesian islanders of the Pacific Ocean said that the moon was a creator goddess named Hina and that women called wahines were her ...
King Sejong became increasingly concerned that his books and other written materials could not be read by ordinary people. Several attempts to reapply Chinese characters to the creation of a new script did not work. With a keen understanding of the differences in the linguistic system between Chine...
The ocean tutelaries worshipped at the shrines Sumiyoshi Jinja and Munakata Taisha are believed to be related to this same Watatsumi of myth. On the other hand, the sea kami which served as the common people's objects of supplication for safe ocean passage and abundant catches on the sea ...
The beauty of this book is that it doesn’t tell us just George Nakashima’s journey but also hints of the story behind its creation. Opening with a passage from George’s daughter Mira Nakashima, it closes with the stamps of all parties connected to the project, from Holly’s explanation...
These describe the creation of the world and the Japanese islands by Izanagi and Izanami, a pair of male and female deities (gods). The primary deity is the Sun goddess, Amaterasu. On sending her descendant to rule Japan, she gave him three sacred treasures: a bronze mirror, a sword, ...
From a previous post “Ainu cloud motif and their creation myth of deity’s descent on five-colored cloud“, we traced the use of the cloud motif and symbolism in conjunction with deities or divinities, ancestors, sages and heroes to their early use both in art and in concepts in genealogi...
Izanami-no-Mikoto, also given as 伊弉冉尊 or 伊邪那美命, meaning “she who invites” is a goddess of both creation and death, as well as the former wife of the god Izanagi-no-Mikoto. Fast-forwarding past the episodes of their dance (euphemism for their union) around the cosmic pillar...