Japanese (Myths)

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The Kojiki Excerpts of the "Kojiki", an 8th century official Japanese history that starts with the creation of the world, the deities, and Japan. http://www.sacred-texts.com/shi/kojiki.htm Amaterasu: Out of the Cave and Into the Light A tale of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu and the Storm God Susano-O. http://www.lyricalworks.com/stories/amaterasu/amaterasu.htm Japanese Mythology Brief overview of Japanese deities, demons, and ghosts with art work. http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese_mythology.asp Myth and Legend in Miyazaki Myths connected to shrines in Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern part of Japan, the home of Japanese mythology. http://www.harapan.co.jp/english/miya_e/myth/myth_index.htm Gods of Man: Japan Listing of some of Japan's deities, excerpted from "The Gods of Man," by David W. Owens. http://www.eschatonbooks.com/eschaton/books/103/103-p3.html Japanese Myth Short retellings of Japanese myths. http://www.st.rim.or.jp/~cycle/myrefE.HTML Japanese Gods and Goddesses Names of deities and their attributes, from Chrissy's Dojo. http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Dojo/5644/gods.htm Foundation and Creation Myths in Korea and Japan: Patterns and Connections Comparative mythology article by Joo-Young Yoo, from the 1994 Berkeley McNair Journal. http://www.aad.berkeley.edu/uga/osl/mcnair/94BerkeleyMcNairJournal/07_Yoo.html

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