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.' Yet in the Land of Great Yamato there is a man braver than we two-tbere is. YAMATO-TAKE SLAYS THE DEITY OF THE ASHIGARA PASS. But afterward he said, " It was not well that the woman should speak first!" Includes two translated texts from the Nichiren school. One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable history of Shinto in Japan, and its interaction with Buddhism and Christianity; highly recommended for outsiders who want to understand the Japanese sprit and culture. Thus did she declare the division. The name of the deity that was next born from his left hand was the deity Possessor-of-the-Densely-Wooded-Mountains. Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" translated by Genchi Kat and Hikoshir Hoshino [1926]. Standing on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, they dipped it in the ocean brine and stirred. Includes two translated texts from the Nichiren school. Shinto is an optimistic faith, as humans are thought to be fundamentally good, and evil is believed to be caused by evil spirits. So while the other two deities each assumed his and her rule according to the command with which her father had deigned to charge them, the Storm-God, His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, did not assume the rule of the dominion with which he had been charged, but cried and wept till his eight-grasp beard reached to the pit of his stomach. But while he was disentangling his hair which was tied to the rafters, the deity Great-Name-Possessor fled a long way. So, having been expelled, His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness descended to a place called Tori-kami at the headwaters of the River Hi in the Land of Idzumo. 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." made it difficult to proof the text, so I put it aside. Then Princess Cockle-Shell triturated and scorched her shell, and Princess Clam carried water and smeared him as with mother's milk, whereupon he became a beautiful young man, and wandered off. The feathers of the arrow were brought in their months by all the mouse's children. The name of the deity that was born from the august upper garment which he next threw down was the deity Master-of-Trouble. So that place is now called Yakidzu. Shinto shrines. YAMATO-TAKE IS SENT TO SUBDUE THE EAST AND VISITS HIS AUNT AT ISE, Then the Heavenly Sovereign again urged a command on His Augustness Yamato-take, saying: "subdue and pacify the savage deities and likewise the unsubmissive people of the twelve roads of the East"; and when he sent him off, joining to him Prince -Mi-suki-tomo-mimi-take, ancestor of the Grandees of Kibi, he bestowed on him a holly-wood spear eight fathoms long. However, limitations of OCR technology at the time let us cross swords." Oh! Nevertheless the bird soared up thence to heaven again and flew away. 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. Emperor In-giy (Part IV.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXLI.Emperor In-giy (Part V.Prince Karu Loves His Sister Princess So-tohoshi), Section CXLII.Emperor In-giy (Part VI.War Between Prince Karu and Prince Anaho), Section CXLIII.Emperor In-giy (Part VII.Death of Prince Karu and Princess So-tohoshi), Section CXLIV.Emperor An-k (Part I.He Slays King Oho-kusaka), Section CXLV.Emperor An-k (Part II.He is Slain by King Ma-yowa), Section CXLVI.Emperor An-k (Part III.Prince Oho Hatsuse Slays Princes Kuro-biko and Shiro-biro), Section CXLVII.Emperor An-k (Part IV.Death of Prince Ma-yowa and of the Grandee Tsubura), Section CXLVIII.Emperor An-k (Part V:Prince Oho-Hatsuse Slays Prince Oshiha), Section CXLIX.Emperor An-k (Part VI.Flight of Princes Ohoke and Woke), Section CL.Emperor Y-riyaku, (I.Genealogies), Section CLI.Emperor Yu-riyaku (Part II.Various Deeds), Section CLII.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part III.The Roof of the House of the Great Departmental Lord of Shiki), Section CLIII.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part IV.He Wooes Princess Waka-kusaka-be), Section CLIV.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part V.Story of the Woman Akawi-ko), Section CLV.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part VI.He Makes a Progress to Yeshinu), Section CLVI.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part VII.The Horse-fly and the Dragon-fly), Section CLVII.Emperor Yu-riyaku (Part VII.Adventure with a Wild Boar), Section CLVIII.Emperor Y-Riyaku (Part IX.Revelation of the Great Deity of Kadzuraki, Lord of One Word), Section CLIX.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part X.The Mound of the Metal Spade), Section CLX.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part XI.The Leaf in the Cup), Section CLXI.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part XII.Songs by the Emperor and Princess Wodo), Section CLXII.Emperor Y-riyaku (Part XIII.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CLXIII.Emperor Sei-nei (Part I.Search for a Successor to Him), Section CLXIV.Emperor Sei-nei (Part II.Princes Ohoke and Woke are Discovered), Section CLXV.Emperor Sei-nei (Part III.The Grandee Shibi), Section CLXVI.Emperor Sei-nei (Part IV.Prince Ohoke Cedes the Empire to Prince Woke), Section CLXVII.Emperor Ken-z (Part I.The Old Woman Oki-Me), Section CLXVIII.Emperor Ken-z (Part II.He Slays The Boar-Herd), Section CLXIX.Emperor Ken-z (Part III.The Emperor Y-riyaku's Mausoleum is Disfigured), Section CLXX.Emperor Ken-z (Part IV.His Age and Place of Burial), Appendix I: Japanese Text of the Songs of the Kojiki, Transliterated into Roman, Appendix II. Kami The core belief at the heart of Shinto is in kami: formless spirits that animate anything of greatness. As the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity sat in her awful weaving-hall seeing to the weaving of the august garments of the deities, he broke a hole in the top of the weaving-hall, and through it let fall a heavenly piebald horse which he had flayed with a backward flaying, at whose sight the women weaving the heaveijy garments were so much alarmed they died of fear. The name of the deity that was next born from his right foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Outer--Mountains. Coming radiant with smiles like the morning sun, thine arms white as rope of paper-mulberry-bark shall softly pat my breast soft as the melting snow; and patting each other interlaced, stretching out and pillowing ourselves on each other's jewel-arms - true jewel-arms - and with outstretched legs, will we sleep. Samurai and Japanese feudalism, So, though he did thus, the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity upbraided him not, but said: "What looks like excrements must be something that His Augustness mine elder brother has vomited through drunkenness. 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). These two deities were likewise born alone, and hid their persons. 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. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The Kojiki was dictated by Heida no Are to the scribe O no Yasumaro on the orders of the Emperor Temmu. It can take place in the home or in shrines. I. Its length extends over eight valleys and eight hills, and if one look at its belly, it is all constantly bloody and inflamed." These books are compilations of ancient myths and traditional teachings that had previously been passed down orally. A collection of 220 Japanese Haiku. 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." Do you go around from the left, and I will go from the right." having put the days in a row, there are of nights nine nights, and of days ten days!". The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and Again he begged food of the deity Princess-of-Great-Food. By Kyuso (Muro Naokiyo), Having thus spoken, she went back inside the palace; and as she tarried there very long, he could not wait. 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. An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore. YAMATO-TAKE MEETS THE DEITY OF MOUNT IBUKI. Kogoshui: Gleanings from Ancient Stories Omissions? Again he asked: "What is the cause of your crying?" Look not at me!" The child of this deity was called the deity Luxuriant-Food-Princess. When the sun shall hide behind the green mountains, in the night black as the true jewels of the moor will I come forth. Then the deity Great-Name-Possessor, grasping the great deity's hair, tied it fast to the various rafters of the house, and, blocking up the floor of the house with a five-hundred draught rock, and taking his wife the Forward-Princess on his back, then carried off the great deity's great life-sword and life-bow-and-arrows, as also his heavenly speaking-lute, and ran out. Though thou say that thou wilt not weep - if like the Rocking birds, I flock and depart, if, like the led birds, I am led away and depart, thou wilt hang down thy head like a single eulalia upon the mountain and thy weeping shall indeed rise an the mist of the morning shower. So Her Augustness Torrent-Mist-Princess, the deity born first, dwells in the inner temple of Munakata. Next they gave birth to the Island of Tsu, another name for which is Heavenly-Hand-Net-Good-Princess. Even still, it took quite a bit of work to finish ), Section LXXV.Emperor Sui-nin (Part VII.His Death and that of the Empress Hibasu. Over 1700 books. At this time, his august sickness very urgent. Shinto shrines are the places of worship and the homes of kami. Descend back again and amend your words." When the Japanese people and Japanese culture became aware of themselves, Shint was already there. Chamberlain, translator 1882] PART I.- THE BIRTH OF THE DEITIES . A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. It is now called the Hare deity. Next they gave birth to the Island of Iki, another name for which is Heaven's One-Pillar. Owing to his being very weary with progressing a little farther beyond that place, be leaned upon an august staff to walk a little. Then on drawing his sword, the Idzumo bravo could not draw the false sword. Then he made an august song. After that, when they had returned, they gave birth to the Island of Koo-zhima in Kibi, another name for which island is Brave-Sun-Direction-Youth. It's a very locally. Emperor Sui-nin (Part II. 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. The next, His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Heaven, is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Ofushi-kafuchi, of the chiefs of Nukatabe-no-yuwe, of the rulers of the land of Ki, of the suzerains of Tanaka in Yamato, of the rulers of the land of Yamashiro, of the rulers of the land of Umaguta, of the rulers of the land of Kine in Michi-no-Shiri, of the rulers of the land of Suhau, of the rulers of Amuchi, in Yamato, of the departmental suzerains of Takechi, of the territorial lords of Kamafu, and of the rulers of Sakikusabe. So the hare said to the deity Great-Name-Possessor: "These eighty deities shall certainly not get the Princess of Yakami. FAQ| Nor has it any official scripture that can be compared to the Bible in Judaism and Christianity or to the Qurn in Islam.The Kojiki ("Records of Ancient Matters") and the Nihon shoki ("Chronicles of Japan . If thou do not wait and catch it, we will certainly slay thee." Preparations for the Conquest of Korea), Section XCVIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IV.The Empress Jin-g Conquers Korea), Section XCIX.Emperor Chi-ai (Part V.The Empress Jin-g Fishes in Tsukushi), Section C.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VI.The Empress Jin-g Subdues Yamato), Section CI.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Heir Apparent Exchanges Names with the Great Deity Izasa-Wake), Section CII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Empress Jin-g Presents Liquor to the Heir Apparent), Section CIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IX.His Death and that of the Empress Jin-g), Section CIV.Emperor -jin (Part 1.Genealogies), Section CV.Emperor -jin (Part II.He Divides the Inheritance Between His Three Sons), Section CVI.Emperor -jin (Part III.He Wooes Princess Miya-nushi-ya-kaha-ye), Section CVII.Emperor -jin (Part IV.He Grants Princess Kaminaga to His Son Oho-Sazaki), Section CVIII.Emperor -jin (Part V.Songs of the Territorial Owners of Yeshinu), Section CIX.Emperor -jin (Part VI.Various Deeds), Section CX.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.Tribute From Korea), Section CXI.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.The Emperor Intoxicated), Section CXII.Emperor -jin (Part IX.Troubles Which Followed His Decease), Section CXIII.Emperor -jin (Part X.Princes Oho-sazaki And Uji-no-waki-iratsuko Cede the Empire to Each Other), Section CXIV.Emperor -jin (Part XI.Ama-no-hi-boko Crosses Over to Japan), Section CXV.Emperor -jin (Part XII.Descendants of Ama-no-hi-boko, and Treasures Brought by Him. 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