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Izanagi and Izanami

November 14, 2006 at 11:34 am by mahud

The Kojiki, the Japanese record of ancient matters (8th century A.D), records that in the beginning all was chaos. Three deities appeared, and soon afterwards, mysteriously vanished. The new born earth drifted like a jellyfish and floated like oil. Something that resembled a reed shoot sprang up and produced two more deities, and also like […]

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The Theme of the Eighty Brothers

November 16, 2006 at 3:31 am by mahud

In the myth of Okuninushi, the theme of the eighty brothers who are motivated by jealously and conspire to kill Okuninushi has it’s parallels in a number of corresponding myths.
The Murder of Okuninushi
According to the Japanese ‘Izumo Cycle’, the hero Okuninushi had 80 brothers who were jealous of his marriage to the princess Ya-gami-himi, and […]

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