It is now called the Hare deity. While I am standing here, the nuye sings upon the green mountain, and the voice of the true bird of the moor, the pheasant, resounds; the bird of the yard, the cock, crows. Emperor Sui-nin (Part. Again he begged food of the deity Princess-of-Great-Food. Another more important reason is tied to a legend in which a sakaki tree was decorated in order to lure Amaterasu, the sun goddess, out of her hiding place inside a cave. So reaching the land of Wohari, he went into the house of Princess Miyadzu, ancestress of the rulers of Wohari, and forthwith thought to wed her; but thinking again that he would wed her when he should return up toward the capital, and having plighted his troth, he went on into the Eastern lands, and subdued and pacified all the savage deities and unsubmissive people of the mountains and rivers. The names of the deities that were born in the Plain of High Heaven when the Heaven and Earth began were the deity Master-of-the-August-Center-of-Heaven; next, the High-August-Producing-Wondrous deity; next, the Divine-Producing-Wondrous deity. by Kakuzo Okakura [1904] An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. Shintoism's Sacred Texts Image: Repetition by Stefan Lins is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Emperor Kei-k (Part XIV.The Death of Yamato-take). Corrections? The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism. The name of the deity that was next born from his right foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Outer--Mountains. So the bird flew off from that country, and stopped at Shiki in the land of Kafuchi. Then His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites replied: "My lovely younger sister, Thine Augastness! Next they gave birth to the islands of Futa-go, another name for which is Heaven's Two-Houses. Broadly speaking, Shint has no founder. These books are compilations of ancient myths and traditional. Oh! the pity that the birds should sing! Oh! The first English translation of the classic tale of 10th century Japanese courtly love. So do you go and fetch every member of your tribe, and make them all lie in a row across from this island to Cape Keta. Hereupon the voices of the myriad deities were like unto the flies in the fifth moon as they swarmed, and a myriad portents of woe all arose. That song said: "Eight clouds arise. Without having yet untied even the cord of my sword, without having yet untied even my veil, I push back the plank-door shut by the maiden; while I am standing here, I pull it forward. Thereupon, as his wife gave to her husband berries of the muku tree and red earth, he chewed the berries to pieces, and spat them out with the red earth which he held in his mouth, so that the great deity believed him to be chewing up and spitting out the centipedes, and, feeling fond of him in his heart, fell asleep. Support the Archive. the name of the "August-Mausoleum of the White-Bird." Yet in the Land of Great Yamato there is a man braver than we two-tbere is. When the Japanese people and Japanese culture became aware of themselves, Shint was already there. The name of the deity that was born from the bead of the deity Shining-Elder, who bad been slain, was the deity Possessor-of-the-True-Pass-Mountains. [1919] shinten, collectively, sacred texts of the Shint religion of Japan. I have come to a hideous and polluted land - I have! I have no strange intentions." Thereupon His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness replied, saying: "Let each of us swear and produce children." Shinto, an ancient Japanese religion, is still practiced today and has been considered the formal state religion of Japan. ( Five deities in all. Thereupon it was intoxicated with drinking, and all the heads lay down and slept. FEATURED TEXTS: The Teachings of Zoroaster (4/22/2010) The Splendour of God (4/17/2010) The Kebra . AMATERASU, THE SUN-GODDESS, AND THE STORM-GOD, INVESTITURE OF THE THREE DEITIES, THE ILLUSTRIOUS AUGUST CHILDREN, At this time His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites greatly rejoiced, saying: "I, begetting child after child, have at my final begetting gotten three illustrious children." Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" these birds! Then the Kumaso bravo said: " That must be true. A number of esoteric texts detailing ritual and religious matters of the shrines, and discussing the relationship between Shinto and Buddhism, are also among the sacred texts of Shinto. These three deities are of the three great deities held in reverence by the dukes of Munakata. Omissions? Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. So, on his doing as she bad instructed, the snakes became quiet, so that he came forth after calm slumbers. So they placed the leech-child in a boat of reeds and let it float away. Then the Heavenly deities commanded and found out by grand divination, and ordered them, saying: "they were not good because the woman spoke first. Hereupon he first mowed away the herbage with his august sword, took the fire-striker and struck out fire, and, kindling a counter-fire, burned the herbage and drove back the other fire and returned forth, and killed and destroyed all the rulers of that land, and forthwith set fire to and burned them. Thereupon the deity Great-Name-Possessor instructed the hare, saying: " Go quickly now to the river-mouth, wash thy body with the fresh water, then take the pollen of the sedges growing at the river-mouth, spread it about, and roll about upon it, whereupon thy body will certainly be restored to its original state." YAMATO-TAKE SLAYS THE DEITY OF THE ASHIGARA PASS. The full annotated version of one of the two Japanese national epics. This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. Emperor Sui-nin (Part II. Samurai and Japanese feudalism, Buddhism, by Lafcadio Hearn [1897]. Shinto ("the way of the Kami") is the name of the formal state religion of Japan that was first used in the 6th century C.E., although the roots of the religion go back to at least the 6th. The first English translation of the classic tale of 10th century Japanese courtly love. Then on Her Augustness his august parent again seeking him with cries, she perceived him, and at once cleaving the tree, took him out and brought him to life, and said to him: "If thou remain here, thou wilt at last be destroyed by the eighty deities." So, on looking at the head, be saw that there were many centipedes there. Complete etext of the Kojiki, Chamberlain tr. Sometimes they are passed down orally. KAKUZO OKAKURA The Ideals of the East by Kakuzo Okakura [1904] Next they gave birth to the Island of Futa-na in Iyo. This is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Idzumo, of the rulers of the land of Muzashi, of the rulers of the upper land of Unakami, of the rulers of the lower land of Unakami, of the rulers of the land of lzhimu, of the departmental suzerains of the Island of Tsu and of the rulers of the land of Tobo-tsu-Afumi. KAKUZO OKAKURA YAMATO-TAKE MEETS THE DEITY OF MOUNT IBUKI. The next, Her Augustness Princess-of-the-Torrent, dwells in the outer temple of Munakata. So what was called the Even-Pass-of-Hades is now called the Ifuya-Pass in the Land of Idzumo. Having thus spoken, they took fire, and burned a large stone like unto a boar, and rolled it down. Again the Impetuous-Male deity shot a whizzing barb into the middle of a large moor, and sent him to fetch the arrow, and, when be bad entered the moor, at once set fire to the moor all round. Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan Updates? by Kakuzo Okakura [1906] So His Augustuess Brave-Rustic-Illuminator, child of His Augustness Ame-no-hohi, one of the five children born afterward. Each group/family of Shinto people record their prayers in books. Moreover, I will discuss it particularly with the deities of Hades. Some of the myths have a very clear political purposes. The religious and ethical values of the Kojiki were rediscovered and reevaluated by Moto-ori Norinaga (17301801), who wrote the complete Annotation of the Kojiki in 49 volumes. not otherwise copyrighted are copyright 2023, I. Again, the rock with which he blocked up the Even-Pass-of-Hades is called the Great-Deity-of-the-Road-Turning-back, and again it is called the Blocking-Great-Deity-of-the-Door-of-Hades. From the Earthly-Eternally-Standing deity down to the deity the Female-Who-Invites in the previous list are what are termed the Seven Divine Generations. Much of Shint thought is based on interpretations of the mythology contained in the Kojiki. Then his Empress, taking a great august liquor-cup, and drawing near and offering it to him, sang, saying: "Oh I Thine Augustness the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears! An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable PART II.- THE QUARREL OF IZANAGA AND IZANAMI. The old man answered, saving: " Its eyes are like akakagachi, it has one body with eight heads and eight tails. Sacred Writings - Shintoism Two central texts are revered by every Shinto religious group: 1. Shintoism or Shinto (; Shint) is a native religion of Japan and was once its state religion. So the old man replied, saving: "I am an Earthly deity, child of the deity Great-Mountain-Possessor. Thine Augustness my lovely younger sister' Oh! My dear young sister, Thine Augustness! Look not at me!" I mean to marry the deity Great-Name- Possessor." Moreover, on its body grows moss, and also chamaecyparis and cryptomerias. When they met, Her Augustness, the Female-Who-Invites, spake first, exclaiming, "Ah, what a fair and lovable youth!" Next, they gave birth to the Fire-Burning-Swift-Male deity, another name for whom is the deity Fire-Shining-Prince, and another name is the deity Fire-Shining-Elder. The next, His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Heaven, is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Ofushi-kafuchi, of the chiefs of Nukatabe-no-yuwe, of the rulers of the land of Ki, of the suzerains of Tanaka in Yamato, of the rulers of the land of Yamashiro, of the rulers of the land of Umaguta, of the rulers of the land of Kine in Michi-no-Shiri, of the rulers of the land of Suhau, of the rulers of Amuchi, in Yamato, of the departmental suzerains of Takechi, of the territorial lords of Kamafu, and of the rulers of Sakikusabe. 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