Japanese mythology
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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.
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Ryujin: Ruler of Seas and Tides LACMA M.91.250.287
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Izanagi
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Izanagi, formally referred to with a divine honorific as Izanagi-no-Mikoto, is the creator deity of both creation and life in Japanese mythology. He and his sister-wife Izanami are the last of the sev
Japanese mythology
…with the appearance of the first generation of gods who appeared out of primordial oil, a trio of gods who produced the next seven generations of gods. Izanagi and Izanami were eventually born, siblings, and using a naginata decorated with jewels, named Ame-no-nuhoko ("Heavenly Jeweled Spear") that was gifted…
Searching the Seas with the Tenkei (天瓊を以て滄海を探るの図, Tenkei o motte sōkai o saguru no zu). Painting by Kobayashi Eitaku, 1880-90 (MFA, Boston). Izanagi with the spear Ame-no-Nuboko (Tenkei) to the right, Izanami to the left.
Izanagi purifying himself (misogi) by immersing in a river (Natori Shunsen)
Kuniteru Gozu dragon