Section XLV.Emperor Jim-mu (Part II.The Cross-Sword Sent Down From Heaven). Sacred Texts Shinto Buy this Book at Amazon.com The Emergence of Amaterasu (Public Domain Image) The Kojiki translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain [1919] Contents Start Reading Page Index Text [Zipped] The Kojiki is one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion. And as he crept round her august pillow, and as he crept round her august feet and wept, there was born from his august tears the deity that dwells at Konomoto, near Unewo on Mount Kagu, and whose name is the Crying-Weeping-Female deity. Shinto worship is highly ritualised, and follows strict conventions of protocol, order and control. If thou do this, I will in one day set up a thousand and five hundred parturition-house. The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted on her left august arm, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Life. So the name of the deity that was born from the august staff which he threw down was the deity Thrust-Erect-Come-Not-Place. Now the name of this august necklace was the August-Storehouse-Shelf deity. Nevertheless the bird soared up thence to heaven again and flew away. Oh! These three deities His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Bottom, His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Middle, and His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Surface are the three great deities of the Inlet of Sumi. When, forthwith crossing over from that land out into Kahi, he dwelt in the palace of Sakawori, he sang, saying: "How many nights have I slept since passing Nihibari and Tsukuha?". Emperor Sui-nin (Part II. Although there is no single text that is accepted as authoritative by all schools of Shint thought, some books are considered invaluable as records of ancient beliefs and ritual; they are generally grouped together as shinten. After this, placing in Princess Miyazu's house his august sword "the Grass-Quelling Saber," he went forth to take the deity of Mount Ibuki. (What is called here akakagachi is the modern hohodzuki.) An account of Japanese Neo-Confucian thought. Next they gave birth to Great-Yamato-the-Luxuriant-Island-of-the-Dragon-fly, another name for which is Heavenly-August-Sky-Luxuriant-Dragon-fly-Lord-Youth. Hast thou perchance not yet taught him his duty?" Hearing that you two fellows, the Kumaso bravoes, were unsubmissive and disrespectful, the Heavenly Sovereign sent me with the command to take and slay you." When the sun shall hide behind the green mountains, in the night black as the true jewels of the moor will I come forth. Next they gave birth to the Island of Adzuki, another name for which is Oho-Nu-De-Hime. So what was called the Even-Pass-of-Hades is now called the Ifuya-Pass in the Land of Idzumo. So that fresh spring is called by the name of the fresh spring of Wi-same. The child of this deity was called the deity Luxuriant-Food-Princess. With these words he forthwith went up to Heaven, whereupon all the mountains and rivers shook, and every land and country quaked. Hindus believe in reincarnation and karma. So the hare followed the instructions of the eighty deities, and lay down. So they made an august mausoleum there, and laid Yamato-take to rest. that eightfold fence.". ), Section LXXXIV.Emperor Kei-k (Part IX.Yamato-take's Empress Stills the Waves, Section LXXXV.Emperor Kei-k (Part X.Yamato-Take Slays the Deity of the Ashigara Pass. KAKUZO OKAKURA The Ideals of the East by Kakuzo Okakura [1904] Shinto shrines are the places of worship and the homes of kami. In Ghostly Japan So, on looking at the head, be saw that there were many centipedes there. Therefore did the eight hundred myriad deities assemble in a divine assembly in the bed of the Tranquil River of Heaven, and bid the deity Thought-Includer, child of the High-August-Producing-Wondrous deity, think of a plan, assembling the long-singing birds of eternal night and making them sing, taking the hard rocks of Heaven from the river-bed of the Tranquil River of Heaven, and taking the iron from the Heavenly Metal-Mountains, calling in the smith Ama-tsu-ma-ra, charging Her Augtsness I-shi-ko-ri-do-me to make a mirror, and charging His Augustness Jewel-Ancestor to make an augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long - of five hundred jewels - and summoning His Augustness Heavenly-Beekoning-Ancestor-Lord and His Augustness Great-Jewel, and causing them to pull out with a complete pulling the shoulder-blade of a true stag from the Heavenly Mount Kagu, and take cherry-bark from the Heavenly Mount Kagu, and perform divination, and pulling up by pulling its roots a true cleyera japonica with five hundred branches from the Heavenly Mount Kaga, and taking and putting upon its upper branches the augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long - of five hundred jewels - and taking and tying to the middle branches the mirror eight feet long, and taking and hanging upon its lower branches the white pacificatory offerings and the blue pacificatory offering His Augustness Grand-Jewel taking these divers things and holding them together with the grand august offerings, and His Augustness Heavenly-Beckoning-Ancestor-Lord prayerfully reciting grand liturgies, and the Heavenly Hand-Strength-Male deity standing hidden beside the door, and Her Augustness Heavenly-Alarming-Female banging round her the heavenly clubmoss the Heavenly -Mount Kagu as a sash, and making the heavenly spindle-tree her head-dress and binding the leaves of the bamboo-grass of the Heavenly -Mount-Kagu in a posy for her hands, and laying a sounding-board before the door of the Heavenly Rock-Dwelling and stamping, till she made it resound and doing as if possessed by a deity, and pulling out the nipples of her breasts, pushing down her skirt-string "usque ad privates partes". The holy books of Shinto are the Kojiki or 'Records of Ancient Matters' (712 CE) and the Nihon-gi or 'Chronicles of Japan' (720 CE). Then His Augustness said, "Ah what a fair and lovable maiden!" The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. The Kojiki text was compiled from oral tradition in 712. Next they gave birth to the Island of Iki, another name for which is Heaven's One-Pillar. the job, particularly creating bitmaps of hundreds of images of Chinese and It can take place in the home or in shrines. Emperor Sui-nin (Part. Shinto ("the way of the Kami") is the name of the formal state religion of Japan that was first used in the 6th century C.E., although the roots of the religion go back to at least the 6th. Section LXXXIX. RETIREMENT OF HER AUGUSTNESS THE PRINCESS-WHO-INVITES, Through giving birth to this child her august private parts were burned, and she sickened and lay down. ), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shint religion. (Four deities in all from the deity Prince-of-long-wind to Moor-Elder.) VIII.He Weds I-suke-yori-hime). So the Land of Tsukushi is called White-Sun-Youth; the Land of Toyo is called Luxuriant-Sun-Youth; the Land of Hi is called Brave-Sun-Confronting-Luxuriant-Wondrous-Lord-Youth; the Land of Kumaso is called Brave-Sun-Youth. This is a quiet place in cyberspace national religion. . Hereupon Yamato-take entered the moor to see the deity. So His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, at once taking and changing, the young girl into a multitudinous and close-toothed comb which he stuck into his august hair-bunch, said to the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder: " Do you distil some eightfold refined liquor. The name of the deity that was next born from his left foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Moorland-Mountains. Nevertheless, as I reverence the entry here of Thine Augustness, my lovely elder brother, I wish to return. I. Non-public domain contents of this site The names of the deities that were next born from her urine were the deity Mitsubanome and, next, the Young-Wondrous-Producing deity. shinten, collectively, sacred texts of the Shint religion of Japan. Forthwith entering the land of Idzumo, and wishing to slay the Idzumo bravo, he, on arriving, forthwith bound himself to him in friendship. Mr. Aston translates it thus: The clouds which come forth are a manifold fence: For the husband and wife to retire within, From His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness was descended the deity Master-of-the-Great-Land. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. Hereupon the names of the deities that were born from the blood that stuck to the point of the august sword and bespattered the multitudinous rock-masses were: the deity Rock-Splitter; next, the deity Root-Splitter; next, the Rock-Possessing-Male deity. The name of the deity that was born from the bead of the deity Shining-Elder, who bad been slain, was the deity Possessor-of-the-True-Pass-Mountains. Then the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder said: "If that be so, with reverence will we offer her to thee." (Eight deities in all from the deity Heavenly-Elder-of-the-Passes to the deity Great-Vale-Princess.) So having taken and broken off one of the end-teeth of the multitudinous and close-toothed comb stuck in the august left bunch of his hair, he lit one light and went in and looked. shinto is not focused on life after death but life in this. (This creature transformed into a white boar was not a messenger from the deity, but the very deity in person. The deity Great-House-Prince spoke to him, saying: Thou must set off to the Nether-Distant-Land where dwells His Impetuous-Male-Augustness. So, mounting to the top of the pass, he sighed three times and spoke, saying: " Adzuma ha ya!" (Eight deities in an from the deity Possessor-of-the-True-Pass-Mountains to the deity Possessor-of-the-Outer--Mountains.) The holy books of Shinto are the Kojiki or 'Records of Ancient Matters' (712 CE) and the Nihon-gi or 'Chronicles of Japan' (720 CE). [This difficult song has been rather differently rendered by Mr. Aston in the Second Appendix to his " Grammar of the Japanese Written Language." by Lafcadio Hearn [1899]. Then the Princess-of-Great-Food took out all sorts of dainty things from her nose, her mouth, and her fundament, and made them up into all sorts of dishes, which she offered to him. Again when they entered the salt sea, and suffered as they went, they sang, saying: "As we go through the sea, our loins are impeded -tottering in the sea like herbs growing in a great river-bed.". ), Section LXXIX.Emperor Kei-k (Part IV.Yamato-take Slays His Elder Brother), Section LXXX. The fourteen deities in the foregoing list from the Wondrous-Deity-of-Eighty-Evils down to His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness are deities born from the bathing of his august person. She having thus sung, they at once pledged each other by the cup with their hands on each other's necks, and are at rest till the present time. Omissions? Then he sang augustly, saying: The saber-sword which I placed at the maiden's bedside, alas! While you will be able to view the content of this page in your current browser, you will not be able to get the full visual experience. Then he sang augustly, saying: "Alas that the sword girded on the Idzumo bravo, and wound round with many a creeper, should have had no true blade!". Thereupon the dead prince, turning into a white dotterel eight fathoms long, and soaring up to Heaven, flew off toward the shore. better results, and managed to complete the proof. But the deity Great-Name-Possessor, who came last of all, saw the hare, and said: "Why liest thou weeping? " The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when, having begged the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity to hand him the augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long - of five hundred jewels - that was twisted in the left august bunch of her hair, and with the jewels making a jingling sound having brandished and washed them in the True-Pool-Well of Heaven, and having cruncbingly crunched them, His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness blew them away, was His Augustness Truly-Conqueror-I-Conqueror-Conquering-Swift-Heavenly-Great-Great-Ears. FEATURED TEXTS: The Teachings of Zoroaster (4/22/2010) The Splendour of God (4/17/2010) The Kebra . Section LXIX.Emperor Sui-nin (Part I.Genealogies), Section LXX. Then she sent him swiftly off to the august place of the deity Great-House-Prince in the land of Ki. The shinten give mythological and historical accounts of the origin of the world; the appearance of the gods, the land, and all the creatures of the universe; the establishment of the Japanese nation; the proper relationship between the gods and government; and ceremonies of worship, manners, and customs. So His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, thinking that there must be people at the head-waters of the river, went up it in quest of them, when he came upon an old man and an old woman - two of them - who had a young girl between them, and were weeping. Maggots were swarming, and she was rotting, and in her head dwelt the Great-Thunder, in her breast dwelt the Fire-Thunder, in her left hand dwelt the Young-Thunder, in her right hand dwelt the Earth-Thunder, in her left foot dwelt the Rumbling-Thunder, in her right foot dwelt the Couchant-Thunder -- altogether eight Thunder-deities had been born and dwelt there. TRUE. Japanese characters. AMATERASU, THE SUN-GODDESS, AND THE STORM-GOD, INVESTITURE OF THE THREE DEITIES, THE ILLUSTRIOUS AUGUST CHILDREN, At this time His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites greatly rejoiced, saying: "I, begetting child after child, have at my final begetting gotten three illustrious children." He replied, saying: "I wail because I wish to depart to my deceased mother's land, to the Nether Distant Land." by Lafcadio Hearn [1904] Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. ah! So the great deity the Male-Who-Invites dwells at Taga in Afumi. Then the Heavenly Sovereign deigned to ask His Augustness Wo-usu, saying: "Why is thine elder brother so long of coming? Sacred objects of worship that represent the kami are stored in the innermost chamber of the shrine where they cannot usually be seen by anybody. Corrections? An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore. Again, the rock with which he blocked up the Even-Pass-of-Hades is called the Great-Deity-of-the-Road-Turning-back, and again it is called the Blocking-Great-Deity-of-the-Door-of-Hades. Then the elder brother and the younger brother, the two Kumaso bravoes, delighted at the sight of the maiden, set her between them, and rejoiced exuberantly. The names of the deities given birth to by these two deities, the deity Great-Mountain-Possessor and the deity, Moor-Elder from their separate dominions of mountain and moor were: the deity Heavenly-Elder-of-the Passes; next, the deity Earthly-Elder-of-the-Passes; next, the deity Heavenly-Pass-Boundary; next, the deity Earthly-Pass-Boundary; next, the deity Heavenly-Dark-Door; next, the deity Earthly-Dark-Door next, the deity Great-Vale-Prince; next, the deity Great-Vale-Princess. Hereupon the bravo said: " Who is Thine Augustness?" It's a very locally. The first English translation of the classic tale of 10th century Japanese courtly love. Next they gave birth to the island of Aha. The Kojiki is one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese The name of the deity that was next born as he washed his right august eye was His Augustness Moon-Night-Possessor. Hereupon His Augustness Yamato-take, suggested, saying: "Come on! Hereupon they, noisily discussing a rejoicing for the august cave, were getting food ready. highly recommended for outsiders who want to understand So take them "-and with this command he sent him off. So do you go and fetch every member of your tribe, and make them all lie in a row across from this island to Cape Keta. If thou, single pine-tree! Sacred Texts In Shintoism, there is no specific book. When he departed with lamentations and tears, Her Augustness Yamato-hine bestowed on him the "Herb-Quelling-Saber," and likewise bestowed on him an august bag, and said: "If there should be an emergency, open the mouth of the bag.". These three deities were all deities born alone, and hid their persons. From this time forward it is right that thou be praised as the August Child Yamato-take." THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . Buddhist Psalms Then he augustly sang, saying: "O mine elder brother, the single pine-tree that art on Cape Wotsu which directly faces Wohari! Would that I could beat them till they were sick! Then a courier was dispatched to the Heavenly Sovereign. It includes myths, legends, and historical accounts of the imperial court from the earliest days of its creation up to the reign of Empress Suiko (628). An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. The august child must complete the service on which he has been sent, and take back a report to the Heavenly Sovereign." Then on Her Augustness his august parent again seeking him with cries, she perceived him, and at once cleaving the tree, took him out and brought him to life, and said to him: "If thou remain here, thou wilt at last be destroyed by the eighty deities." Then he said: " I am the august child of Obo-tarashi-hiko-oshiro-wake, the Heavenly Sovereign who, dwelling in the palace of Hishiro at Makimuku, rules the Land of the Eight Great Islands; and my name is King Yamata-woguna. by Arthur Lloyd [1910] Rooted in prehistoric animism, the religion has no founder, official sacred texts or formalized doctrine. The history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan. However, limitations of OCR technology at the time YAMATO-TAKE SLAYS THE DEITY OF THE ASHIGARA PASS. Search| With this charge he bestowed it on her. He replied, saying: " In the early morning when he went into the privy, I grasped hold of him and crushed him, and, pulling off his limbs, wrapped them in matting and flung them away. Shinto Origins Rituals Festivals Spirits Sacred Places By C Scott Littleton shinto origins rituals. When I take and attire myself so carefully in my raiment dyed in the sap of the dye-tree, the pounded madder sought in the mountain fields, and, like the birds of the offing, look at my breast though I raise my fins, I say that they are good. But afterward he said, " It was not well that the woman should speak first!" While she was thus speaking, His Augustness Heavenly-Beckoning-Ancestor-Lord and His Augustness Grand-Jewel pushed forward the mirror and respectfully showed it to the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, whereupon the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, more and more astonished, gradually came forth from the door and gazed upon it, whereupon the Heavenly-Hand-Strength-Male deity, who was standing hidden, took her august hand and drew her out, and then His Augustness Grand-Jewel drew the bottom-tied rope along at her august back, and spoke, saving: "Thou must not go back further in than this"! This song is a land-regretting song. So he, drawing the ten-grasp saber that was augustly girded on him, fled forward brandishing it in his back hand;" and as they still pursued, he took, on reaching the base of the Even-Pass-of-Hades, three peaches that were growing at its base, and waited and smote his pursuers therewith, so that they all fled back. Thine Augustness my lovely younger sister' Oh! ), Section LXXXVII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XII.Yamato-take Wooes Princess Miyazu), Section LXXXVIII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XIII.Yamato-take Meets the Deity of Mount Ibuki). Emperor Nin-toku Part V.The Empress Retires to Yamashiro), Section CXXIV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VI.He Follows the Empress into Yamashiro), Section CXXV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.He Loves Yata-no-waki-iratsume), Section CXXVI.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Death of King Hayabusa-Wake and Queen Medori), Section CXXVII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Queen Medori's Armlet), Section CXXVIII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part IX.A Wild-Goose Lays an Egg), Section CXXIX:Emperor Nin-toku (Part X.A Vessel Is Made Into A Lute), Section CXXX.Emperor Nin-toku (Part XI.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXI.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part I.Genealogies), Section CXXXII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part II.He is Taken to Iso-no-kami), Section CXXXIII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part III.His Rebellious Brother and the Latter's Retainer Sobakari Are Slain), Section CXXXIV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part IV.Various Deeds), Section CXXXV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part V.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXVII.Emperor In-giy (Part IGenealogies), Section CXXXVIII.Emperor In-giy (Part II.His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician), Section CXXXIX.Emperor In-giy (Part III. by Lafcadio Hearn [1904]. A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Complete etext of the Kojiki, Chamberlain tr. I am called by the name of Foot-Stroking-Elder, my wife is called by the name of Hand-Stroking-Elder, and my daughter is called by the name of Wondrous-Inada-Princess." Shinto Shrines. shinto origins rituals festivals spirits sacred. Emperor Chi-ai (Part II.The Possession of Korea Divinely Promised), Section XCVII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part III. The name of the deity that was next born from his belly was the deity Possessor-of-the-Innermost Mountains. The next, Her Augustness Princess-of-the-Torrent, dwells in the outer temple of Munakata. as well as other texts When they met, Her Augustness, the Female-Who-Invites, spake first, exclaiming, "Ah, what a fair and lovable youth!" Thereupon the deity Great-Name-Possessor instructed the hare, saying: " Go quickly now to the river-mouth, wash thy body with the fresh water, then take the pollen of the sedges growing at the river-mouth, spread it about, and roll about upon it, whereupon thy body will certainly be restored to its original state." So the Great August deity the Male-Who-Invites said to His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness: "How is it that, instead of ruling the land with which I charged thee, thou dost wail and weep?" Chamberlain, translator 1882] PART I.- THE BIRTH OF THE DEITIES . So the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, alarmed at the noise, said: " The reason of the ascent hither of His Augustness my elder brother is surely of no good intent. Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" Therefore Yamato-take praised the old man, and forthwith bestowed on him the rulership of the Eastern lands. Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. So that place is now called Suga. The names of the deities that were born next were the Earthly-Eternally-Standing deity; next, the Luxuriant-Integrating-Master deity. Legendary Shinto tales from a primary source. passion and betrayal, all interspersed with extemporaneous In a wide sense, they are intended to establish the primacy of Japan and the Japanese over all other countries and peoples and in a narrow sense, to give divine authority to the ruling classes of Japan, and to some extent to establish the political supremacy of the Yamato clan over the Izumo clan. The names of the deities that were born as he bathed in the middle of the water were: the deity Possessor-of-the-Ocean-Middle and, next, His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Middle. This is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Idzumo, of the rulers of the land of Muzashi, of the rulers of the upper land of Unakami, of the rulers of the lower land of Unakami, of the rulers of the land of lzhimu, of the departmental suzerains of the Island of Tsu and of the rulers of the land of Tobo-tsu-Afumi. that I should have exchanged thee for this single child! " A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. Various Deeds. A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. So that place is called by the name of the Tsuwetsuki pass. So the Land of Iyo is called Lovely-Princess; the Land of Sanuki is called Princess-Good-Boiled-Rice; the Land of Aha is called the Princess-of-Great-Food, the Land of Tosa is called Brave-Good-Youth. Therefore will I offer thee an august name. these birds! Includes text and translation of the Shoshinge of Shinran Shonen, with extended commentary. The Kojiki 2. The names of the deities that were born next were the deity Mud-Earth-Lord; next, his Younger sister the deity -Mud-Earth-Lady; next, the Germ-Integrating deity; next, his younger sister the Life-Integrating-Deity; next, the deity of Elder-of-the-Great-Place; next, his younger sister the deity Elder-Lady-of-the-Great-Place; next, the deity Perfect-Exterior; next, his younger sister the deity Oh-Awful-Lady; next, the deity Izanagi or the Male-Who-Invites; next, his younger sister Izanami or the deity the Female-Who-Invites. So, knowing that he had been deceived, he opened the mouth of the bag which his aunt, Her Augustness Yamato-hine had bestowed on him, and saw that inside of it there was a fire-striker. So, having secretly made the wood of an oak-tree into a false sword and augustly girded it, he went with the bravo to bathe in the River Hi. So on his obeying her commands and arriving at the august place of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness, the latter's daughter the Forward-Princess came out, and saw him, and they exchanged glances and were married, and she went in again, and told her father, saying: " A very beautiful deity has come." Therefore the great deity the Male-Who-Invites said: "Nay! The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and history of Shinto in Japan. Some commentators enlarge the category of sacred texts to include also such works as the Manysh (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, the oldest Japanese anthology of verse, compiled in the 8th century ad); the Fudoki (Records of Air and Soil, 8th-century notes on local legends and geography); and the Taih-ry (oldest extant code of law in Japan, promulgated in 702). Then the eighty deities spoke to the hare, saying: "What thou shouldest do is to bathe in the sea-water here, and lie on the slope of a high mountain exposed to the blowing of the wind." While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Next they gave birth to the Island of Oho-shima, another name for which is Oho-Tamaru-Wake. The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted in her august head-dress, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Heaven. The series of texts translated at the instigation of the Sacred Literature Trust will make the world's heritage of spiritual and ethical insights available to a much wider audience. As 1 was weeping and lamenting for this reason, the eighty deities who went by before thee commanded and exhorted me, saying: 'Bathe in the salt water, and lie down exposed to the wind.' The names of the deities that were born from the bracelet of his august right hand which he next threw down were: the deity Shore-Distant; next, the deity Wash-Prince-of-the-Shore; next, the deity Intermediate-Direction-of-the-Shore. All the eight deities in the above list, from the deity Rock-Splitter to the deity Kura-mitsuha, are deities that were born from the august sword. Corrections? The books include the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), the Nihon shoki, or Nihon-gi (Chronicles of Japan), the Kogoshi (Gleanings of Ancient Works), and the Engi shiki (Institutes of the Engi Period). Next they gave birth to the Island of Futa-na in Iyo. So that place is now called Yakidzu. by Richard Gordon Smith [1918] Japanese Fairy Tales Section LII.Emperor Jim-mu (Part. Thereupon His Augustuess the Male-Who-Invites, wishing to meet and see his younger sister Her Augustness the FemaleWho-Invites, followed after her to the Land of Hades. The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. The name of the deity that was born from the august hat which he next threw down was the deity Master-of-the-Open-Mouth. These four songs were all sung at Yamato-take's august interment. (Eight deities in all from the deity Foam-Prince to the deity Earthly-Water-Drawing-Gourd-Possessor.) So thereupon His Swift-Impetuous-.Male-Augustness sought in the land of Idzumo for a place where he might build a palace. ), THE AUGUST DECLARATION OF THE DIVISION OF THE AUGUST MALE CHILDREN A.ND THE AUGUST FEMALE CHILDREN. Buy Disk Owing to the lifting up of words, he appeared and misled Yamato-take.) The names of the deities that were born in the Plain of High Heaven when the Heaven and Earth began were the deity Master-of-the-August-Center-of-Heaven; next, the High-August-Producing-Wondrous deity; next, the Divine-Producing-Wondrous deity. 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