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Japanese Mythology

Japanese Mythology. Jason Juntunen, Becky Amundson, Dan Bender, Ryan Drew PowerPoint by Jason Juntunen. Japanese Major Gods’ Family Tree. Creation. The Japanese story of creation began with nothing The first thing formed was the Plain of High Heaven

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Japanese Mythology

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  1. Japanese Mythology Jason Juntunen, Becky Amundson, Dan Bender, Ryan Drew PowerPoint by Jason Juntunen

  2. Japanese Major Gods’ Family Tree

  3. Creation • The Japanese story of creation began with nothing • The first thing formed was the Plain of High Heaven • In it, the 3 creating deities (Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi-no-Mikoto, Takami-Musubi-no-Mikoto, and Kammi-Musubi-no-Mikoto) were formed.

  4. Creation 2 • The world slowly turned into solid ground from nothing • Suddenly 2 deities were created, Umashi-Ashi-Kahibi-Hikoji-no-Mikoto and Ame-no-Tokotachi-no-Mikoto.

  5. Creation 3 • Many more gods were created • The world was still a chaotic mass of nothing • Izanagi & Izanami took a sacred spear, Ama-no-Nuboko, and stirred the mass with it to create land

  6. Creation 4 • Izanagi & Izanami created a pillar, the Heavenly August Pillar, and walked around it • Izanami gave birth to children, but they were weak & boneless

  7. Creation 5 • The gods decided that the children were bad because Izanami spoke before Izanagi, so they walked around again with Izanagi speaking first • Izanami gave birth to 8 great islands & many smaller ones

  8. Creation 6 • They started to make other gods to rule over things. First there was the sea-god, Owatatsumi-no-Kami. Then Kamihaya-akitsu-hiko for land and Haya-akitsu-hime for the sea • Kamihaya-akitsu-hiko and Haya-akitsu-hime were the parents of more deities

  9. Creation 7 • Then there was Kami-Shinatsuhiko-no-Mikoto for wind, who blew away all the clouds at his birth, Kukunochi-no-Kami for trees, Oyamatsumi-no-Kami for mountains, and Kayanuhime-no-Kami for plains

  10. Creation 8 • Izanmi gave birth to Kagutsuchi-no-Kami, the god of fire, and was burned so badly that when she finally became conscious she couldn’t eat

  11. Creation 9 • Before she died, many gods & goddesses came out of her body parts • Kanayama-biko and Kanayama-hime (god & goddess of metals) came from her mouth

  12. Creation 10 • Haniyasu-hiko and Haniyasu-hime (god & goddess of earth) came from other parts • Mizuhame-no-Mikoto was her last child

  13. Creation 11 • Nakisawame-no-Mikoto was born out of Izanagi’s tears • Izanagi attacked Kagutsuchi-no-Kami but only made more children from his blood & body parts

  14. The End • Home

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