Japanese Mythology
27 entries in the Japanese Mythology compendium.
AmakuniLegendary swordsmith who forged the first curved tachi.Ame-no-NubokoThe jeweled lance that raised the first island from the sea.Ame-no-TajikaraoKami of strength who pulled Amaterasu from the heavenly cave.BhadrapālaLay bodhisattva and patron deity of temple bathhouses in Japan.Doroumi KōkiA Tenrikyo creation myth in 160 waka poems.Founding of the NationA 1929 oil painting based on the myth of Amaterasu's cave.FudokiAncient provincial reports preserving local myths and records.Hata no KawakatsuSemi-legendary statesman, ancestor of the Hata clan, and founder of sarugaku.Hokke Genki11th-century Japanese collection of Lotus Sutra miracle tales.Hotsuma TsutaeAn epic poem diverging from mainstream Japanese mythology.Hyakumonogatari KaidankaiEdo-period parlour game of ghost stories and spirit summoning.Izumo ProvinceOld Japanese province, now eastern Shimane, home to Izumo Shrine.KamiumiThe divine birth of Shinto's kami from Izanagi and Izanami.Kamo no YasunoriHeian-era onmyōji and teacher of Abe no Seimei.KokutaiJapanese concept of national polity and imperial sovereignty.Konjaku MonogatarishūA late Heian anthology of over one thousand tales from India, China, and Japan.Ko-ShintōPre-Buddhist animist foundation of Japanese Shinto.KotodamaBelief in the mystical power dwelling in words and names.Kuni-yuzuriMythic transfer of earthly rule to heavenly kami and imperial line.KuniumiThe legendary formation of the Japanese islands by Izanagi and Izanami.Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange ThingsA 1904 collection of Japanese ghost stories and insect studies.MahorobaAn ancient Japanese term for a peaceful, far-off land.Matsura SayohimeLegendary Japanese heroine who waved her scarf in farewell.Minamoto no HiromasaHeian nobleman, gagaku master, and compiler of an imperial music anthology.MizuchiA water dragon or serpent in Japanese mythology.Ogata no Saburo KoreyoshiWarrior who secured Kyūshū for the Kamakura shogunate.ŌmukadeGiant man-eating centipede yōkai weak to human saliva.
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