The names of the deities that were born next were the Earthly-Eternally-Standing deity; next, the Luxuriant-Integrating-Master deity. 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. So the Land of Tsukushi is called White-Sun-Youth; the Land of Toyo is called Luxuriant-Sun-Youth; the Land of Hi is called Brave-Sun-Confronting-Luxuriant-Wondrous-Lord-Youth; the Land of Kumaso is called Brave-Sun-Youth. Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness said to the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity: "Owing to the sincerity of my intentions I have, in begetting children, gotten delicate females. [This difficult song has been rather differently rendered by Mr. Aston in the Second Appendix to his " Grammar of the Japanese Written Language." This island has one body and four faces, and each face has a name. This is the first death in the world. by Richard Gordon Smith [1918] An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. Index| (These are such as were given birth to before the deity the Princess-Who-Invites divinely retired. Next, they gave birth to the deity Princess-of-Great-Food. 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. Legendary Shinto tales from a primary source. Includes text and translation of the Shoshinge of Shinran Shonen, with extended commentary. Then Princess Cockle-Shell triturated and scorched her shell, and Princess Clam carried water and smeared him as with mother's milk, whereupon he became a beautiful young man, and wandered off. shinten, collectively, sacred texts of the Shint religion of Japan. So the deity the Female-Who-Invites, through giving birth to the deity of Fire, at length divinely retired. KAKUZO OKAKURA The Ideals of the East by Kakuzo Okakura [1904] So to the present day these songs are sung at the great interment of a Heavenly Sovereign. We are not going through the sky, but oh! It will be best to announce this in the august place of the Heavenly deities." Then the mouse brought out in its mouth and presented to him the whizzing barb. The names of the deities that were next born to rectify those evils were: the Divine-Rectifying-Wondrous deity; next, the Great-Rectictifying-Wondrous deity; next, the Female-Deity-Idzu. Section LXXXIX. The Ideals of the East When he departed thence and reached the village of Mihe, he again said: " My legs are like threefold crooks, and very weary." The child of this deity was called the deity Luxuriant-Food-Princess. Thereupon his Augustness the Male-who-Invites spoke first: " Ah! When he departed with lamentations and tears, Her Augustness Yamato-hine bestowed on him the "Herb-Quelling-Saber," and likewise bestowed on him an august bag, and said: "If there should be an emergency, open the mouth of the bag.". Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" So that place was called by the name of Mihe. Section LXVIII.Emperor S-jin (Part VI.His Age and Place of Burial). Judging from this I have undoubtedly gained the victory." The name of the deity that was next born from his right foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Outer--Mountains. ), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shint religion. have deep connections with Japanese Buddhism, Shinto, and Japanese shinten, collectively, sacred texts of the Shint religion of Japan. Sacred Text Archive - Shintoism. This Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears, when he went forth to woo the Princess of Nuna-kaha, in the land of Koshi, on arriving at the house of the Princess of Nunakaha sang, saying: "I, The Augustness the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears, having been unable to find a spouse in the Land of the Eight Islands, and having heard that in the far-off Land of Koshi there is a wise maiden, having heard that there is a beauteous maiden, I am standing here to truly woo her, I am going backward and forward to woo her. Mr. Aston translates it thus: The clouds which come forth are a manifold fence: For the husband and wife to retire within, From His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness was descended the deity Master-of-the-Great-Land. So what was called the Even-Pass-of-Hades is now called the Ifuya-Pass in the Land of Idzumo. 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. KAKUZO OKAKURA translated by Genchi Kat and Hikoshir Hoshino [1926]. Coming radiant with smiles like the morning sun, thine arms white as rope of paper-mulberry-bark shall softly pat my breast soft as the melting snow; and patting each other interlaced, stretching out and pillowing ourselves on each other's jewel-arms - true jewel-arms - and with outstretched legs, will we sleep. The book is densely footnoted, almost to the point where the Then he arrived at a place called Suga, and said: On coming to this place my august heart is pure" - and in that place he built a palace to dwell in. Read more. The following beliefs shape these rituals. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. The name of the deity that was next born from his chest was the deity Possessor-of-Descent--Mountains. Having thus spoken, she went back inside the palace; and as she tarried there very long, he could not wait. So when, bearing the great sword and bow, he pursued and scattered the eighty deities, be did pursue them till they crouched on the august slope of every pass, he did pursue them till they were swept into every river, and then he began to make the land. When, having thence penetrated on and subdued all the savage Yemisi [Ainu] and likewise pacified all the savage deities of the mountains and rivers, he was returning up to the capital, he, on reaching the foot of the Ashigara Pass, was eating his august provisions, when the deity of the pass, transformed into a white deer, came and stood before him. Chamberlain translation, which, despite being published in the 1970s So Her Augustness Torrent-Mist-Princess, the deity born first, dwells in the inner temple of Munakata. So having thus extirpated the bravoes and made the land orderly, he went up to the capital and made his report to the Heavenly Sovereign. So that land is called by the name of Adzuma. (This creature transformed into a white boar was not a messenger from the deity, but the very deity in person. I have no strange intentions." THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . So that place is now called Yakidzu. Gleanings In Buddha-Fields Hereupon, when they arrived at Cape Keta, thev found a naked hare lying down. So the hare followed the instructions of the eighty deities, and lay down. As the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity sat in her awful weaving-hall seeing to the weaving of the august garments of the deities, he broke a hole in the top of the weaving-hall, and through it let fall a heavenly piebald horse which he had flayed with a backward flaying, at whose sight the women weaving the heaveijy garments were so much alarmed they died of fear. and culminates in a chronology of the early Imperial line. So Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites is called the Great-Deity-of-Hades. by Arthur Waley [1921]. Shinto (Japanese, "the way of the gods"), Japanese cult and religion, originating in prehistoric times, and occupying an important national position for long periods in the history of Japan, particularly in recent times. Japanese Haiku devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship Upon my speaking thus, they were deceived and lay down in a row, and I trod on them and counted them as I came across, and was just about to get on land, when I said: 'You have been deceived by me.' Then he augustly sang, saying: "O mine elder brother, the single pine-tree that art on Cape Wotsu which directly faces Wohari! But notwithstanding these apologetic words, he still continued his evil acts, and was more and more violent. This is an incomplete song. (Four deities in all from the deity Prince-of-long-wind to Moor-Elder.) The Kojiki 2. Again, as to his breaking down the divisions of the rice-fields and filling up the ditches, it must be because be grudges the land they occupy that His Augustness mine elder brother acts thus." Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). The name of the deity that was next born from his left foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Moorland-Mountains. Thereupon saying: "The water in the upper reach is too rapid; the water in the lower reach is too sluggish," he went down and plunged in the middle reach; and, as he washed, there was first born the Wondrous-Deity-of-Eighty-Evils, and next the Wondrous-Deity-of-Great-Evils. The dates are very significant, since by the 8th century, when they were compiled, Japanese religious life had received considerable input from Buddhism and Confucianism, both of which coloured the contents of these books. This is a quiet place in cyberspace The N Plays of Japan So, on looking at the head, be saw that there were many centipedes there. The next, Her Augustness Princess-of-the-Torrent, dwells in the outer temple of Munakata. The august child must complete the service on which he has been sent, and take back a report to the Heavenly Sovereign." Hearing that you two fellows, the Kumaso bravoes, were unsubmissive and disrespectful, the Heavenly Sovereign sent me with the command to take and slay you." Next they gave birth to the Island of Oho-shima, another name for which is Oho-Tamaru-Wake. So they placed the leech-child in a boat of reeds and let it float away. passion and betrayal, all interspersed with extemporaneous Updates? purification as the core of the ancient shinto faith. Then, thinking it strange, he thrust into and split the flesh with the point of his august sword and looked, and there was a great sword within. highly recommended for outsiders who want to understand Next they gave birth to the island of Aha. Section LXXVII.Emperor Kei-k (Part II.The Maidens Ye-Hime and Oto-Hime). Oh! poetry, reminiscent of Icelandic sagas. Thereupon the eight hundred myriad deities took counsel together, and imposed on High-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness a fine of a thousand tables, and likewise cut his beard, and even caused the nails of his fingers and toes to be pulled out, and expelled him with a divine expulsion. Shint literature and mythology. For this reason I deceived the crocodiles of the sea, saying: ' Let you and me compete, and compute the numbers of our respective tribes. translated by Peter Beilenson [1955] The Creed of Half Japan Second Series. So, having been expelled, His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness descended to a place called Tori-kami at the headwaters of the River Hi in the Land of Idzumo. Section XC.Emperor Kei-k (Part XV.Yamato-take Turns into a White Bird), Section XCI.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVI.Yamato-Take's Butler), Section XCII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVII.Yamato-take's Descendants), Section XCIII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVIII. Hereupon the Heavenly Shining-Great-August deity said to His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness: "As for the seed of the five male deities born last, their birth was from things of mine; so undoubtedly they are my children. And as he crept round her august pillow, and as he crept round her august feet and wept, there was born from his august tears the deity that dwells at Konomoto, near Unewo on Mount Kagu, and whose name is the Crying-Weeping-Female deity. The books include the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), the Nihon shoki, or Nihon-gi (Chronicles of Japan), the Kogoshi (Gleanings of Ancient Works), and the Engi shiki (Institutes of the Engi Period). So he took this great sword, and, thinking it a strange thing, he respectfully informed the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. Thereupon the violent waves at once went down, and the august ship was able to proceed. The names of the deities that were next born from the blood that collected on the hilt of the august sword and leaked out between his fingers were: the deity Kura-okami and, next, the deity Kura-mitsuba. V.His Later Wives. So thereupon His Swift-Impetuous-.Male-Augustness sought in the land of Idzumo for a place where he might build a palace. The Book of Tea Afterward it will be a gentle bird; so as for thy life, do not deign to die. While she pulled them up and ate them, he fled on. by S. Yamabe and L. Adams Beck [1921] Only the Island of Onogoro was not given birth to and, moreover, the Leech-Child and the Island of Aha are not reckoned among the children.). The history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan. made it difficult to proof the text, so I put it aside. its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole. Next they gave birth to the Island of Tsu, another name for which is Heavenly-Hand-Net-Good-Princess. Next they gave birth to the Island of Futa-na in Iyo. ), Section LXXVI.Empress Kei-ko (Part I,Genealogies). So, having secretly made the wood of an oak-tree into a false sword and augustly girded it, he went with the bravo to bathe in the River Hi. The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted on her left august arm, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Life. So that place is now called Suga. Japanese Fairy Tales The Kojiki text was compiled from oral tradition in 712. So the Land of Iyo is called Lovely-Princess; the Land of Sanuki is called Princess-Good-Boiled-Rice; the Land of Aha is called the Princess-of-Great-Food, the Land of Tosa is called Brave-Good-Youth. being a woman, I have no man except thee; I have no spouse except thee. (the Hyakunin-isshu), translated by William N. Porter [1909] These four songs were all sung at Yamato-take's august interment. Open Source for the Human Soul. Hereupon all the Heavenly deities commanded the two deities His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites and Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites, ordering them to "make, consolidate, and give birth to this drifting land." When he returned up to the capital after doing this, he subdued and pacified every one of the deities of the mountains and of the deities of the rivers and likewise of the deities of Anado, and then went up to the capital. It involves the worship of kami, which can be translated to mean "sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers, and fertility." At Shinto shrines and in other sacred spaces, both priests and regular folks from all walks of life perform rituals to express gratitude for the deities' protection and pray for their continued . The Kojiki was first translated into English in 1882. PART II.- THE QUARREL OF IZANAGA AND IZANAMI. When the sun shall hide behind the green mountains, in the night black as the true jewels of the moor will I come forth. Sacred-texts home Confucianism Buddhism Shamanism Taoism OCRT: Shinto Buy CD-ROM Buy books about Shinto Shinto and Japanese Religions This section has scriptures of the Shinto religion , as well as other texts that relate to the spirituality of Japan, which combines Shinto, Buddhism , Confucianism , Animism and other themes. His Age and Place of Burial), Section XCV.Emperor Chi-ai (Part I.Genealogies), Section XCVI. As soon as he had finished singing, he died. An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. Then the eighty deities spoke to the hare, saying: "What thou shouldest do is to bathe in the sea-water here, and lie on the slope of a high mountain exposed to the blowing of the wind." Hast thou perchance not yet taught him his duty?" Thereupon the Princess of Yakami answered the eighty deities, saving: "I will not listen to your words. But while he was disentangling his hair which was tied to the rafters, the deity Great-Name-Possessor fled a long way. This section has scriptures of the Shinto religion, as well as other texts that relate to the spirituality of Japan, which combines Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism, Animism and other themes. Although there is no single text that is accepted as authoritative by all schools of Shint thought, some books are considered invaluable as records of ancient beliefs and ritual; they are generally grouped together as shinten. Next they gave birth to Great-Yamato-the-Luxuriant-Island-of-the-Dragon-fly, another name for which is Heavenly-August-Sky-Luxuriant-Dragon-fly-Lord-Youth. The name of the deity that was born from the august trousers which be next threw down was the Road-Fork deity. These three deities His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Bottom, His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Middle, and His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Surface are the three great deities of the Inlet of Sumi. Kwaidan Again this deity's Chief Empress, Her Augustness the Forward-Princess, was very jealous. understanding shinto origins beliefs Then the Empress and likewise the august children, though they tore their feet treading on the stubble of the bamboo-grass, forgot the pain, and pursued him with lamentations. Nor has it any official scripture that can be compared to the Bible in Judaism and Christianity or to the Qurn in Islam.The Kojiki ("Records of Ancient Matters") and the Nihon shoki ("Chronicles of Japan . There are supernatural episodes, and tales of murder, So the things that were born in the body of the deity who had been killed were as follows: in her head were born silkworms, in her two eyes were born rice-seeds, in her two ears was born millet, in her nose were born small beans, in her private parts was born barley, in her fundament were born large beans. Omissions? THE WOOING OF THE DEITY-OF-EIGHT-THOUSAND-SPEARS. Next they gave birth to the islands of Futa-go, another name for which is Heaven's Two-Houses. The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism. Hereupon the eighty deities, seeing this, again deceived him, taking him with them into the mountains, where they cut down a large tree, inserted a wedge in the tree and made him stand in the middle, whereupon they took away the wedge and tortured him to death. let us cross swords." As soon as he had finished saying this, the Prince ripped him up like a ripe melon, and slew him. Look not at me!" Section LIII.Emperor Jim-mu (Part X.Genealogies), Section LIV.Emperor Jim-mu (Part XI.His Age and Place Of Burial), Section LXIII.Emperor S-jin (Part I.Genealogies), Section LXIV.Emperor S-jin (Part II.A Pestilence Is Staid By Oho-tata-ne-ko), Section LXV.Emperor S-jin (PART III: Story of Oho-tata-ne-ko's Birth), Section LXVI.Emperor S-jin (Part IV.War With King Take-hani-yasu), Section LXVII.Emperor S-jin (Part V.Peace Restored and Tribute Levied). ( Five deities in all. 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. There are no persons in the West so brave and strong as we two. But the eight-forked serpent of Koshi has come every year and devoured one, and it is now its time to come, wherefore we weep." 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