1. Krisha s. Asuncion
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2.  When heaven and earth began, deities came into being, The Spirit
Master of the Center of Heaven, The August Wondrously Producing
spirit fromand the Divine Wondrously Producing Ancestor( invisible)
 From land, reeds sprouted and from these reeds came two more deities.
 From them came six more pairs of deities and the last of them were
Izanagi (he who invites) and Izanami(she who invites)
 Standing on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, they dipped the spear in the
ocean brine and stirred. They pulled out the spear, and the brine that
dripped of it formed an island to which they descended.

4.  Izanami and Izanagi decided to complete each other and met behind the
pillar to do this.
 Izanami said: “What a fine young man.”
 They had a leech-child which they let to float away and a floating island
they did not recognize as their own.
 Disappointed, they returned to heaven and consulted the deities. Turns
out, Izanagi should be the first one to say: “What a fine young woman.”
 They procreated and gave birth to 8 major islands and 6 minor islands
in Japan. Deities were born as well.
 Izanami gave birth to a fire deity and unfortunately burned herself out.
 Izanagi grieved, forming a deity from his tears.
 He beheaded his son Kagutuchi and deities were born from the blood
and 8 more from the body.

5.  Izanagi went to Yomi (underworld) to ask Izanami to come back, she
promised to beg the gods to allow her and asked Izanagi not to look at
her.
 Izanagi broke off the comb in his hair to use it as torch and there he
found her body being consumed by maggots—8 deities of thunder.
 Izanagi ran. Izanami stopped him but he put a boulder to serve as a
barrier in the underworld.
 Enraged, Izanami shouted at him that she would kill 1000 people
everyday but Izanagi said that he would cause 1500 people to be born
everyday.
 Izanagi returned home and bathed himself, removed his adornments
(formed deities) When he washed his face, three of the ancestors of the
Japanese families were born.

6.  Amateratsu was from Izanagi’s left eye, she was the sun and inherited
the heavens
 Tsukuyomi was from the right eye, she was the moon and inherited
the night
 Susanoo was the sea and storms, he was from the nose and owned the
seas, snow and hail
 Amateratsu and Susanoo constantly feuded with each other, and
Susanoo, with his wicked behaviour was banished to Yomi by his
father.
 Susanoo went to heaven to bid farewell to Amateratsu, but she did not
trust his brother and requested for a contest to prove his good faith.

8.  Who could bring forth more noble and divine children? Amateratsu
made three women from Susanoo’s sword and Susanoo made five men
from His sister’s ornament chain.
 Both gods claimed victory. Susanoo hurled a half-flayed pony and
killed one of Amateratsu’s attendants.
 Enraged, Amateratsu hid in the cave Iwayado and darkness covered
the world.
 Uzume danced naked outside the cave and the male gods laughed.
Curious, Amateratsu peeked and there was “dawn”. There, she saw
her beautiful self in the mirror.
 Susanoo was exiled to earth

10.  Susanoo helped an old couple save
their daughter from the Orochi—a
eight-headed serpent that stole
each of their daughter every year.
 He asked for marriagein exchange,
he turned Kushinada-hime into
comb and hid her in his hair.
 He set a trap using sake and
defeated the orochi
 The sword found at its tail was
named Kusanagi and was given to
the sun goddess to settle their
dispute.

11.  Ninigi was sent by the Sun to rule over Japan. He built his palace and soon
met a beautiful woman whom he wants to marry, Princess Brilliant Blossoms.
 Her father also gave his older daughter, Princess Long as the Rocks but the
emperor did not want her because of her ugliness.
 The father heard about this and said that Princess Long bears immortal
children.
 Princess Brilliant Blossoms was soon with child, so soon that the emperor
could hardly believe that she bore his children. To prove herself, she built a
palace and shut herself in it and set fire to it.
 Amidst the flames she gave birth to three deities, and ultimately their
descendants were the imperial family of Japan.
 The first legendary emperor of Japan, Jimmu, established his throne in 660
BC. He was the great great great grandson of Amateratsu.

12. Thank you