"I'm ready." Dongfang Ziyan stabilized his mind and looked ahead intently, his hunch told him that he would definitely be able to withstand his attack this time. It started with the birth of Japan.

A long, long time ago, the universe had just solidified from the mud of chaos to heaven and earth. Heaven, called "Takamagahara". Two gods, a man and a woman, descended from High Heaven to the earth. The male is called Izanami, and the female is called Izanami. They stood on the pontoon bridge and pulled the floating land back with their spears. In this way, dripping water becomes a river, gathering less into more, and they use the dripping salt to form a self-condensing island. Later, Izanagi and Izanami got married there and gave birth to the Great Hachishu Kingdom, which was the earliest Japan.

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Susanoo

Izanaki and Izanami were married like Adam and Eve. They gave birth to various gods such as the god of the sea, the god of the river, the god of the mountain, the god of rain, the god of the wind, and the god of the field. However, when the god of fire was finally born, Izanami was burned to death by the fire of her child, and her life took the path of the Yellow Spring, never to return. These are the world's earliest living and earliest dead.

Izanagi went to the country of Yellow Springs to bring Izanami back. However, he could not bring back Izanami, who had already died. Due to some unexpected circumstances (see Baidu Encyclopedia for details: Izanagi, Izanami's Death Section), the two who were originally husband and wife separated the Yellow Spring Beamang. Izanami said that she kills 1,000 people a day in order to achieve psychological balance. Izanagi said that in this case, he would give birth to 1,500 people a day in order to ensure the survival and development of mankind. So, from then on, the population of Japan began to increase.

Izanaki, who returned from the Yellow Springs Kingdom, gave birth to Amaterasu Okami with his left eye, Tsukiyomi with his right eye, and then, with his nose, Susanoo.

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Although Susanoo is a god who guards the sea, he cries all day long. Angry, Izanagi drove him out of the sea. So, Susanoo, who likes to be with people, went to visit his sister Amaterasu who lived in Takamagahara. But as he walked, the mountains and the earth shook, which alarmed Amaterasu. She thought he was going to invade Takamagahara and was fully armed and ready to fight. After Suzhan Wuzun arrived, he explained his intentions, and Amaterasu was still a little suspicious, so the two took the birth of a child as evidence, and the sister and brother combined, giving birth to the three goddesses of Tian Xinji (called Duoji Ji Ming in "Kojiki"), Tuitsu Ji (called Ichichi Hatohime in "Kojiki") and Ichikishima Ji (called Taki Du Ji in Kojiki) and the five male gods of Heavenly Ninja Ho Ear Life, Heavenly Bodhisattva Ability, Tianjin Day Root Life, Living Tsu Day Root Life, and Kumano Susan Camphor Day Life.

Susa settled in Takamagahara in this way, but he made the fields that he had managed to reclaim desolate and threw his horses into the spinning hut, making a mess of everything. The people of Takamagahara felt that there was nothing they could do about his brutal atrocities, and they were extremely troubled.

At first, the sun god was able to accommodate Susanoo in a relaxed mood. However, Susanoo is too headstrong and unreasonable. Amaterasu, who was seriously hurt by his heart, was furious and hid in anger to the Tenshiya (also known as Teniwato, which is equivalent to the Nantianmen in Chinese mythology). I can't get out. As a result, Takamagahara became pitch black, and the earth was devoid of sunlight. This can be said to be the solar eclipse phenomenon we are currently seeing.

In any case, it is necessary to restore the original light of Takamagahara. For this reason, a large singing and dancing party is held in front of the cave, singing and drinking, and it is very lively, with the purpose of secretly finding out the mind of Amaterasu. Amaterasu saw that the cave was so lively, and his mood seemed to improve. As she quietly peered out through the cracks in the cave, the mighty gods violently opened the cave. At this time, in front of the cave, the Tiandian Girl Dance was danced. It is said that this was the beginning of the history of Kagura in Japan.

As a result, Takamagahara and the earth returned to their former light, and Susanoo was finally expelled from Takamagahara.

Subdue the Great Serpent

Susanoo, who was driven out of Takamagahara, landed on Funadoriyama called Izumo called Torifa.

One day, he noticed a pair of chopsticks floating down the river. "Ah, there's someone upstream!" , so Susanoo went upstream. There, he saw an old couple called Foot Milk and Te Milk crying around a beautiful girl named Ki Inada Hime.

After asking carefully, I found out that these two old men have 8 girls, but one person is eaten by the big snake every year, and at present, it is the turn of the last girl, so the old couple and the little girl are so anxious that they can't stop crying.

The Great Snake is a demon with eyes like red lanterns, eight heads and eight tails, and a body length of more than eight valleys. Susanoo's heart was touched by the beauty of Miss Ki Rice Field. After receiving the promise of marrying the girl, Susanoo is determined to subdue the Great Snake and eliminate the harm of the people.

Susanoo turned Ki Inada-hime into a comb and stuck it on his head. He asked two old men, the foot and the hand, to make eight gates out of a fence, and to place eight barrels of liquor in front of the gates.

After a while, the eight-fold snake came. When he had drunk all the fragrant wine, he lay drunk on the ground. Susanoo took the opportunity to hold the "Ten Fist Sword" and wanted to kill the Yaqi Orochi, but when he cut the tail of the dead Yaqi Orochi, the blade of the Ten Fists Sword knocked out a gap, and he cut the tail one by one to look at Susanoo and found that it contained a hard and sharp sword, and this sword was the "Tiancong Cloud Sword"

The sword made by Susanoo is called the Sword of the Celestial Clouds, and it is a sword that he has never seen before. This sword, instead of holding it himself, is better to give it to Anameasu, who has been missing for a long time, so he dedicated the Tiancong Cloud Sword to Amaterasu.

This sword, known as the Kusanagi Sword by Amaterasu, is still one of the three legendary magic weapons to this day.

Susanoo, who subdued the Great Snake, married Ki Inadahime, who changed back from a comb. Since then, he has settled in Izumo Province and has given birth to the god Hachishima Shinomi.

Later, he married the god of Daichi Himesheng and the god of the soul of Yuga. The male god Izanagi lost his beloved wife and was very sad. He threw himself on his wife's corpse and wept, "My beloved wife! It's so unworthy to lose you for such a kid! ”

The tears that flow out of the male god when he cries turn into the goddess of weeping. After burying Izanami at the foot of Mt. Biba, on the border of Izumo Province and Hakugi Province, the male god pulled out the ten-fist sword he wore at his waist, causing the head of the god of fire who had died in Izanami's life to return to Huangquan to be cut off, and the blood stained on the tip of the sword, the blade, and the hilt of the sword flowed down, and the eight gods were formed.

The head, chest, and abdomen of the god of fire, who had his head cut off,

Izanagi thought about Izanagi's life, and then chased him to Huangquan Province. Izanami came out of the closed gate of the Great Stone of Japanese Mythology in the main hall of the Yellow Springs Kingdom, and Izanagi said to the goddess, "The land we have created together is not yet complete, so please come back to the world with me no matter what." ”

The goddess replied, "It's a pity, why didn't you come and pick me up earlier?" I have already eaten the food of the Yellow Springs Kingdom, and I cannot return to the world you are in. However, since you have come to pick me up, I still want to discuss with the gods of Huangquan Kingdom to see if I can go back with you. However, you are not allowed to peek during this time. ”

With that, Izanami turned around and returned to the main hall, while Izanagi waited outside the stone gate. After not seeing the goddess come out for a long time, Izanagi became increasingly agitated, and could not hold it back, so he took off the multi-toothed wooden comb inserted in his left sideburns, and the thickest tooth of it was broken, and he lit it to make a torch, and carried it quietly into the main hall. When I looked closely by the light of the fire, I saw that Izanami's body was crawling with maggots, and his head, chest, abdomen, and Izanagi were terrified and fled. Izanami was annoyed and angry when her husband saw her ugly image, and immediately sent a female ghost to chase after her. The female ghost was about to catch up, and Izanagi was in a hurry, and threw the rattan ring made of black wood rattan on his head behind him, and the rattan ring immediately turned into a wild grape forest. The female ghost was greedy for wild grapes, and Izanagi took the opportunity to run away. The female ghost ate the wild grapes and chased after them. This time, Izanagi ordered to remove the wooden comb inserted in the temples of his right ear, and the teeth of the comb were broken and thrown behind him, and in an instant, fresh bamboo shoots grew behind him. While the female ghost was greedy for fresh bamboo shoots, Izanagi ran away again. In the end, the Eight Thunder Gods, who were generated by the various parts of Izanami's body, led the demon army of the Yellow Springs Kingdom to chase and kill, and Izanagi drew the ten-fist sword that he wore on his waist to resist, and fled while waving it, and the demon army chased him straight to Hirazaka, the border between the Yellow Springs Province and Reed Plains China. Izanagi ordered to pluck three peaches from the peach tree that grew under the slope of Mt. Hirazaka and threw them at the chasing demon army, but when the demon army saw the peach at once, they collapsed and fled. Izanagi gratefully said to Momoko, "Thank you for helping me. In the future, if the people living in China are in trouble, please help them more. After speaking, the peach was sealed as "Yifu Jiamu Yamei". Since then, there has been a saying that peach wood can ward off evil spirits.

Seeing that several pursuits had failed, Izanami pursued them herself. Izanagi ordered a large rock to be pushed in the way of Hirazaka. Izanami could not go any further, and said indignantly through the big stone, "In that case, I will kill a thousand of your countrymen every day. ”

Izanagi replied, "In that case, I will build 1,500 maternity wards every day and give birth to 1,500 babies every day." ”

Because of this, a thousand people die every day, and another 1,500 are born every day.

After Izanagi returned to Reed Plains China, he felt that he had gone to the Yellow Springs Country and was covered in filth, so he planned to perform a purification ceremony to remove the filth from his body.

Awagihara, the Tachibana Komon of Hinata in Tsukushi Province, is located at the mouth of the river, and the orange trees on the shore are lush with green leaves and the sun is shining, and the scenery is beautiful. Izanagi came here, threw away all his clothes and accessories, and prepared to jump into the river to wash himself. The cane, the belt, the skirt that was wrapped around his waist, the underpants, the hat, and the jade bracelet he wore on his left and right hands turned into different gods, and a total of twelve gods were born.

Izanagi stood naked by the river and observed the water, and he said to himself, "The upstream is too turbulent, and the downstream is too soothing, so let's be in the middle of the river." ”

So, I jumped into the middle of the river, dived into the water, and carefully washed my body.

Izanagi became four gods when he washed the dirt from his body, and when he washed underwater, in the water, and on the surface of the water, he gave birth to six gods. Finally, he went ashore and washed his left eye with water, and gave birth to the sun goddess, Amaterasu. Washing the right eye, the moon god was born, that is, the moon reads life; Wash the nostrils and give birth to the male life of Susano.

After the purification ceremony, Izanagi was refreshed, and the three children who had finally obtained it were the most satisfied, and he was very happy.

"I finally got three children! What a delight! ”

So Izanagi ordered the jade string he wore around his neck that made a beautiful sound to be given to Amaterasu, and ordered her, "Go and govern Takamagahara!" The order Yue read the order and said, "You go and govern the night country!" ”

In the end, he said to the man of Susano: "You go and control the sea!" ”

In this way, Izanagi ordered the day country, the night country, and the sea to be ruled by three children.

Amaterasu, Tsukiyomi, and Susanoo were assigned by their father Izanagi to go to their own territory. When Amaterasu Daigojin and Tsukiyomi ruled the country, Sususanoo cried all day long, not thinking about governing the country. As the years passed, Sano Susu's life gradually reached the age of a beard flowing on his chest, but he still cried all day long. The sorrow of its voice makes the green mountains barren; The mourning of his voice dried up the rivers and seas. The evil gods of the kingdom also went out stupidly, and all kinds of disasters occurred frequently.

Izanagi summoned Susanoo and asked, "Why are you so sad that you can't stop crying?" ”

Susanoo replied, "I miss my mother and want to go to the country of Neno Kenshu, where my mother is, so I am sad and weep. ”

The country of Jianzhou is the country of Huangquan. Hearing his son say this, Izanagi couldn't help but think of the terrible experience of going to Huangquan Province before, and he was very angry, and he ordered an expulsion order against Sano Susu, saying, "In this case, it is up to you, but you are not allowed to stay in this land any longer." ”

Susanoo then said, "Then let me go and say goodbye to my sister Amaterasu Daigojindo, and then go to my mother." As he spoke, he came to the high heavens.

As the death of Susanoo ascended to the heavens, the mountains and rivers rumbled loudly, and the earth shook like an earthquake.

Amaterasu was surprised to hear that his younger brother Susanoo's life was coming towards Takamagahara, and thought, "Speedusano's life is definitely not good in heaven." He must not be satisfied with the surface of the sea, and have come to take my land. ”

So, she untied her hair, tied it around her ears on the left and right, dressed as a man, wore jade strings on her sideburns and wrists, tied a quiver on her chest and back, waved a bow in her hand, and put her feet on the ground.

Susanoo came to Takamagahara Amaterasu Okami, and Amaterasu asked his younger brother, "What are you doing in Takamagahara?" ”

Susanoo replied, "I came to my sister's place, and I have no malice. But when my father asked me why I was crying, I replied that I wanted to go to my mother's country, and my father was angry and drove me out. I wanted to say goodbye to my sister before I went to my mother's. ”

"You say it nicely, who knows what you think in your heart? How do you prove that you are pure in heart? ”

"Let us both swear before God that we should bear a son with what we wear, and if we give birth to a daughter, we will prove that we are pure in heart, and if we give birth to a man, we will be ill-conceived."

The oath has been completed, and Amaterasu and Susanoo's life stand opposite each other across the Tian'an River. Amaterasu Daigojin first took off the ten-fist sword that Susanoo wore on his waist, folded it into three sections, washed it in the Tenno Shinai Well on the banks of the Cheonan River, and then put it in his mouth and chewed it, and spit it out with a "poof". With the breath of exhalation, three goddesses were born.

When it was the turn of the man of Hassusanuko, he took off the jade string worn on the temples on the left side of Amaterasu, washed it with the water of Tenno's true name well, put it in his mouth and chewed it, and spit it out with a "poof", and with the breath of the spit, a male god was born. He is the one who is winning the victory, the victory of the speed, the ninja of the day, and the ear. Then take off the jade string that is worn on the temples on the right side of Amaterasu, wash it with well water, put it in your mouth and chew it, and spit it out, and the male god born this time is the Tenno Bodhisattva. The jade string that was sent to the forehead with the Amaterasu god and the jade string worn on the left hand and right hand also gave birth to a son, both of which were male gods. Therefore, five male gods were born from the jade string of Amaterasu.

Amaterasu said to Hasano Sano, "The five sons born in the future are born from the jade strings I wear, and they should be my children; The third son of the gentleman was born of the things that you carried, and they should be your children. ”

Sayo Susanoo was very happy to hear this.

"Look, I gave birth to all kind-hearted girls, which shows that I have no malice. I swear I won this bet! ”

Taking advantage of the joy, the man of Hassu Sano's life is messing around. He ran to the fields opened by Amaterasu, trampled the ridges, filled up the ditches, and around the main hall where the first taste of new rice was held every year during the new rice harvest. Amaterasu not only did not blame his brother, but also excused him, saying, "The filth on the main hall is not shit, it is something that he vomited when he was drunk." He trampled on the ridges and filled in the ditches because he could not bear to see the ground destroyed. ”

Although Amaterasu protected his brother and excused him for his misdeeds, Sano Susu climbed onto the roof of the engine room, opened a hole, and threw the skinned zebra from the roof. A weaver girl who was knitting clothes was overly frightened and was accidentally stabbed to death by a shuttle.

This time, Amaterasu couldn't help but panic and hid in the Tenyan House, the stone door closed. The sun god hid in the cave, and it was dark in the heavens and on the earth, and the night was long, and there was no day. The gods also stirred up like flies in summer. Disasters of all kinds continue to occur.

So the gods gathered on the banks of the Cheonan River, which flows through Takamagahara, and asked the son of the god of the sun to think of a countermeasure. The wisest Sijin God summoned many long-singing chickens and asked them to sing in front of the Tianyan House, and let them pick up the hard rocks on the Tian'an River and the iron ore of Tianjin Mountain, and found the blacksmith Tianjin Malo to smelt iron and make spears. Then, the god Sijin ordered Isxu Lidu to work hard to make mirrors, and Yuzu ordered to make jade strings, so that Tian'erwu and the cloth knife would be ordered to cut off the entire shoulder bones of the stag in Tianxiang Mountain, and burn the divination together with the * Jiamu of Tianxiang Mountain. Finally, he sent someone to dig up a leafy Zhenxian tree in Tianxiang Mountain, decorate the branches on it with hook jade strings, hang an eight-foot mirror on the middle branch, and then hang cotton cloth and linen made of bark on the low branch below, and the cloth knife and jade life hold it, Tian'er House lives to sing solemn greetings, and Hercules and Tianshouli male gods hide next to the stone gate of Tianyan House.

Everything is ready to go. Tianyu was ordered to take the vine of Tianxiang Mountain as a hanging cuff, the two sleeves were hung high, and the hair was tied with the kudzu vine of Tianxiang Mountain, and the crisp bamboo leaves of Tianxiang Mountain were held in his hand, and the empty bucket was buckled upside down in front of the Tianyan House, accompanied by the cry of the long rooster, and he danced on the empty bucket. The dance was extremely exciting, as if possessed by a divine spirit, with his chest and breasts exposed, and his skirt hung straight down to this wild dance, which caused the gods of Takamagahara to laugh.

Amaterasu, who was hiding in the Teniwa House, was surprised to hear the laughter and noise of the gods outside. She couldn't help but quietly push open a thin crack in the stone gate, peeked out, and saw that Tianyu was dancing vigorously, so she asked: "I thought that if I hid, Takamagahara, and Reed Plains China would be pitch black and shrouded in darkness. Why are you so happy? Why did Tianyu dance here? ”

Tianyu replied, "Everyone rejoices in the presence of a god who is more noble than you. ”

Just as Tianyu was answering with his life, Tian'er's house and the cloth knife and jade mirror were held up in front of Amaterasu's great god and asked her to see it. Amaterasu thought it was a novelty, so he slowly walked out the door to take a closer look. At this time, the male god of Tianjuli who was hiding by the door grabbed her hand and pulled her out of the Tianyan House. The cloth sword and tamama then circled behind the great god of Amaterasu, and the straw rope hung on the stone door of the Teniwa House.

With the reappearance of Amaterasu, the reeds of Takamagahara's China are also covered with sunshine again. In Japan, the custom of hanging straw ropes at the entrances of shrines and tying straw ropes in front of every house on New Year's Day also originated from this.

After Takamagahara was calmed, the gods agreed to have Sano Susu take out numerous items to atone for his sins, cut off his long beard, and pluck out his fingernails and toenails as punishment. In the end, the man of Susano was expelled from Takamagahara.

Before leaving Takamagahara, Susanoo ordered to go to the god of Okotsubi, who was in charge of food, to ask for something to eat. So, Okitsu sells a lot of materials from the nose, mouth, and anus, and makes a delicious dish for the life of Susanoo. However, all of this was secretly seen by the Speedusano Sho Sano. He thought that the atmosphere was fooling him with filthy things, and in a fit of rage, the atmosphere was killed.

After her death, her head turned into silkworms, her two eyes turned into rice seeds, her two ears turned into millet, and her nose turned into adzuki beans, which is the origin of today's grains

After making a big fuss about Takamagahara, Susu Sanoo was expelled from the heavenly realm and came to a place called Bird's Hair in the upper reaches of the Hi River in Izumo Province. He stood on the bank of the Fei River and wondered where to go, when a pair of chopsticks floated up the river to his eyes. "Hey, isn't this the chopsticks that people use to eat? There must be someone upstream. ”

Sano Susu walked along the river in the direction where the chopsticks were floating. Soon, I saw an old man and an old woman sitting around a girl, and the three of them held hands and cried with each other. The girl looked to be about sixteen or seventeen years old, delicate and lovely. Sumosano felt strange, so he stepped forward and asked, "Who are you?" What happened? "Speedusano

When the old man saw that someone was asking, he got up and replied, "I am the son of the mountain god Yamatsumi, who rules this land, and my name is Ashii, my wife's name is Tenashii, and the only little girl under my knee is named Kushinada Bimai." ”

"Then why are you crying?" Susanoo asked again.

The old man sighed deeply and replied, "Before, our husband and wife had eight daughters, and the family lived in harmony, but who knew that in the Takashi place not far from here, there lived a monster called Yamata Orochi, who came here every year to make trouble, and devoured one of my daughters every time. It's time for the monster to appear again. The thought of the last daughter being eaten was filled with grief and wept. ”

"What does that monster called Yatsumata Orochi look like?"

"It's horrible. His eyes were as red as sour berries, and he had eight heads and eight tails, covered with green moss, and cypress cedar. Its body is enormous, meandering between eight valleys and eight hills, and its belly is always dripping with blood. The old man described, his body trembling constantly.

Sayo Susanoo listened to the order, and said to the old man without any timidity: "Don't be afraid, let me subdue this monster." Can you marry your daughter to me, though? ”

The old man replied, "If you can punish that monster, you should sacrifice the little girl, but you haven't asked for your name." ”

Susanoo replied, "I am the younger brother of Amaterasu Daimi, and I have just come down from the heavenly realm. ”

The old couple was taken aback: "I didn't expect such a noble god to arrive, and it was very disrespectful, so I will offer it to the little girl and let her accompany you." ”

So Susanoo immediately turned Kushida into a small and toothy comb, inserted it in his hair, and instructed Ashiina and Tenashii: "You two go and make sake quickly, build a fence wall, leave eight holes in the wall, build eight shelves for sake cups in front of the holes, and put a sake vessel on the shelf, which is filled with eight brewed eight sake brews." The old couple did as they were told.

The Yatsumata Orochi is here. It smelled the wine and stuck its eight heads into eight vessels. Yasake-making is a strong liquor that is brewed eight times repeatedly, and even the Yamata Orochi can't resist the power of the wine, and after a while, he gets drunk, and his eight heads hang down on the ground and fall into a deep sleep.

Speedu Sanoo pulled out the ten-fist sword he wore at his waist, cut off the eight heads of the Yatsumata Orochi one by one, cut the body into several pieces, and cut the eight giant tails of the Orochi in turn. The blood that flowed from the serpent's body stained the fat river red.

When Susanoo slashed the tail in the middle, there was a "clang" and the sword was bounced back, and the blade shattered off a piece. Surprised, Speedusano sano sliced the tip of his sword longitudinally with his tail and presented a large knife in front of him. Susanoo took out the broadsword and thought it was extraordinary, and later presented it to Amaterasu. This knife is a grass razor and is one of the three artifacts.

After Susanoo punished the Yatsumata Orochi, he prepared to marry Kashinata than Saga. He traveled all over the cloud country and chose a place to build a palace for his newlyweds. When he arrived in Suga, he suddenly felt refreshed and decided to build a palace in Suga. When the ground was opened, auspicious clouds rose from the ground, and it is said that this is the origin of the "Izumo Country".

After the completion of the palace, Susanoo married Kushina Tabimai, and Sakina Tabimai's father Ashii was appointed as the governor of the palace. Susanoo lived in Suga for a long time, and later went to his mother in the Yellow Spring.

When Speedu Sanoo was traveling around Izumo Province in search of the address of the palace, something like this happened.

One day, he stood on a high place and looked down on Izumo Province, and found that Izumo Province was like a thin and narrow belt, so he said to himself, "The land I rule is so small that it is really unreasonable, is there no way to make it wider?" As he spoke, he looked out into the distance. Suddenly, Susanoo noticed a piece protruding from the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula. "Yes, yes, wouldn't it be better to make up for that prominence in my land?"

So, he picked up a big hoe, cut off the extra piece of the peninsula, cut it off from the Korean peninsula, and then tied it with three thick ropes, and with a trumpet in his mouth, he pulled the cut piece of land over like a fiber. This piece of land was connected to Izumo Province, forming the coast from Ozu Port in Izumo Province to Mizaki in Kitsuki today.

In order to prevent the land from drifting away, Sano Susu ordered a thick stake to be laid in the sea and tied the land to the stake with a rope. Over time, the thick stake has transformed into the Sanbei Mountain, which stands between Izumo Province and Iwami Province today, and the rope that pulls it has become a long seashore south of today's Kizuki Misaki.

Despite the addition of a piece of land, Hasano Sasu's life was not satisfied. He climbed up again and looked into the distance, and this time he found that there was an extra piece of Hidden Ki Island in the north of Izumo Province, protruding to the south like a sharp sand spitter, and he looked lonely, and Susanoo shouted happily: "There is! Pregnant! There's another piece of land there that no one wants! So saying, he picked up the big hoe and cut it down, and pulled him over with three thick ropes. The area from the current village to Sasada Village is the piece of land that was brought in.

Later, Susanoo used the same method to pull two pieces of land from other places. Izumo Province has added so much new territory, and it has naturally become wider. Speedusano finally smiled with satisfaction.

At that time, the land of Japan was sparsely planted, and it was full of bald mountains and wilderness. Once, he crossed the sea to Korea and found a lot of gold and silver, and he wanted to transport them back to Japan, but unfortunately there were not many ships. Hasano decided to make Japan full of trees so that he could cut down wood and build ships across the sea. So, he plucked his long beard, and when the wind blew, the long beard fell to the ground and turned into a cedar tree; He plucked out the chest hairs, and scattered them one by one, and turned them into cypress trees; pluck the body hair around the waist and turn it into podocarpus; Pluck out your eyebrows and turn into a nanshu. As a result, the entire land of Japan is covered with various precious trees such as cedar pine and juniper, which are covered with greenery.

The difference between Japanese mythology and Greek and Norse mythology lies in its linear arrangement in time, perhaps because these myths were formed in the process of "being created". In this section, we have selected some myths and stories that have been widely circulated among the Japanese people since ancient times, as well as some legends similar to Fudoki. According to the Japanese "Kojiki", the god who was born in the high heaven and earth was called the main god of the heavens. This "Lord God of Heaven" was the first god to appear. Curiously, this god never appears again in later stories, and there is not a single shrine dedicated to this god.

In fact, the main god in the sky is not a god to be sacrificed, but the god of the North Star recorded in ancient books, a god name created by court historians. According to Japan's Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, the mythical world is divided into three layers: Takamagahara, which is in the sky, Reed Plains China on the ground, and Huangquan Province in the underground. Takamagaha is the world of the heavenly gods, equivalent to Mount Olympus in Greek mythology. Takamagahara was ruled by the sun god Amaterasu. Takatenhara was originally called the mountain and river of Tenno Incense Mountain, the Tennoan River, and the city of Tennotaka City. In the event of a major event, the gods gather on the banks of the Tennotaka City and the Tennoan River to hold a meeting called the "Divine Collection" to discuss countermeasures. In Takamagahara