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...
Mayans tracked their creation stories in relation to the movement of the stars across the heavens. They believed that the point at which the Milky way appeared as a vertical band in the night sky represented the moment of creation. 相关
“Mythology comprises five main topics: theogony, which explains the genesis of gods; cosmogony, on the creation of the universe; anthropogony, on the origins of man; escathology, which discusses such issues as the future of humanity, the end of life and the world, immortality of the soul,...
Japanese mythology does not just contain stories, it also has their history. The Kojiki functions as a record of the imperial lineage as it was the royal family who had the stories written down. “In the relationship between deities and humans, deities have always been at the mercy of human...
This article focuses on the concept of space and two different structures of space in the mythological chronicles Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. It considers two main invisible divine gods of space, probably connected to Chinese mythology and appearing in the mythological chronicles first – Ame-no-minaka...
Japanese Fairy World: Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan by William Elliot Griffis offers readers an enchanting glimpse into the rich cultural heritage of Japanese folklore. Griffis masterfully weaves together a collection of traditional tales filled with mythical creatures, magical beings, and moral...
all of a sudden the ink-stone split of its own accord, and a small worm, about to kill the beast, but the head-priest forbade them to do so, and carefully carried it on a fan to the garden, where he put it into the lotus pond. All the monks followed him, and while they were...
Amaterasu is still in her position as well as head of the heavens, and her father became her advisor. Izanagi and Other Gods Izanagi’s stories and his position are similar to other gods and goddesses from other cultures. These included: Greek mythology’s Orpheus and Eurydice: Orpheus had ...
The paper analyses the content and the structure of Zhepama and Zhemima, an epic of the Achang ethnic minority, and reaches the conclusion that Zhepama and... X Wu - 《Northwestern Journal of Ethnology》 被引量: 0发表: 2017年 Mythology, stories and images of Nuwa and Fuxi Rubbing from ...
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY & FOLKLOREJust another WordPress.com siteFeatured Junishi: Stories around the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac Junishi, purchase from rakuten The Animal Zodiac story according to Kazuhiro Kikuchi The “Junishi,” or twelve animals of the zodiac, originated in ancient China and ...