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Mar 13, 2020 · Japanese mythology (Nihon shinwa) is the set of legends and myths of Japan. The main Japanese myths, as generally accepted nowadays have Shinto origin, based on the Kojiki and other complementary works. The Kojiki is the oldest collection of myths, legends and history of Japan.
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During the Nara period (710-794 CE) of ancient Japan, the imperial court was eager to establish its historical connection with the gods, especially the sun goddess Amaterasu, and the founding fathers of the Japanese nation present in Shinto mythology. There was also a concern that oral traditions and unofficial records were constantly being altered...
TheKojiki was written in Chinese characters but with some Japanese adaptions in terms of sentence structure. There are some elements such as certain gods and names which show influence from China and Korea, but the work is, as a whole, an entirely Japanese construction. Not only a work of prose, the Kojiki, like many later Japanese works, regularly...
Original preface by Ono Yasumaro: Izanami and Izanagicreate the first island of Japan: Susanookills the dragon monster and finds the sword which will eventually become part of the Japanese regalia: Poem from Princess Nunakawa to Okuninusho: The deathof Jimmu (660-585 BCE), Japan's first emperor: The unusual physical features of Emperor Hanzei (r. 4...
The Kojiki shortly had a sequel of sorts in the Nihon Shoki ('Chronicle of Japan' and also known as the Nihongi), which was written by a committee of court scholars in 720 CE. It was designed to address some of the discrepancies in the earlier work and to reassert the genealogies of some of the clans neglected in the Kojiki. The Nihon Shoki also re...
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Kojiki, (Japanese: “Records of Ancient Matters”), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v.), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shintō religion. The Kojiki text was compiled from oral tradition in 712.
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Jun 26, 2016 · The Kojiki, which translates to “Records of Ancient Matters”, contains Japan’s native creation myths and other mythology. Like all mythology, it was considered both factually true and Truth through most of history. This translation comes from Basil Hall Chamberlain and dates to 1932.
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. [1]
Kojiki or Furukotofumi (古事記), ( “Records of Ancient Matters”), is the oldest surviving book dealing with ancient Japanese history. It was codified in the first half of 680 C.E., by decree of Emperor Temmu.
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Robert Adams' translation, Folktales of Japan, for example, is based on Seki's Nihon no mukashibanashi3; and Fanny Hagin Mayer's translation, Japanese Folk Tales.
