JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

Japanese Mythology embraces Shinto and Buddhist traditions as well as agriculturally-based folk religion. The Shinto pantheon comprises innumerable kami (Japanese for "god(s)" or "spirits"). This article will discuss only the typical elements present in Asian mythology, such as cosmogony, important deities, and the best-known Japanese stories.

Japanese Mythology, as generally recognized in the mainstream today, are based on the Kojiki, the Nihon Shoki, and some complementary books. The Kojiki, or "Record of Ancient Matters", is the oldest surviving account of Japan's myths, legends and history.

This app explores as many as possible themes of myth and legend, as well as the cultural ritual practices that might in some way be connected to, that may have been the origin of the ancient myths and legends of Japan. DNA research has established that there are many lineages of populations within Japan that originated from elsewhere, and migrants bring their stories with them…although these histories and their origins become obscured over the curtains of time. Consequently, this website represents a compendium of resources to allow the study and exploration of those myths and legends and ritual practices found in antiquity, all over the world, that might have found its migratory terminus in the land of Japan.

In a nutshell, this Japanese Mythology app attempts to map the mythologies of Japan and to back-track the trails of their origins outside of Japan.

Content of this app include:
🌸Japanese Cattails
🌸(Ainu) Song of a Bear
🌸Rain Deities and Wizards of Japan
🌸About Japanese Superstitions
🌸Ainu Creation Myth
🌸Ainu Golden Horse Tales
🌸Ainu Hare Legends
🌸Ainu Legend of the Demiurge
🌸Ainu Legend of the Trout
🌸Ainu Flying Squirrel Legend
🌸Ainu Descendants of Brown Bear
🌸Ainu Salmon Legend
🌸Ainu Ceremony of Mistress Swan
🌸Ainu The Otter Legend
🌸Amaterasu Rites
🌸Amenokoyane & Koya-san
🌸Amida’s Descent
🌸Arrow Divination & Yakudoshi Concepts
🌸Ashinazuchi In Legend & Genealogy
🌸Bamboo Superstitions & Fairytales
🌸Demons & Beans
🌸Bellybutton Folklore
🌸Bishamonten & Paper Tigers
🌸Black Horses vs. White Horses
🌸The Lion Dance
🌸Crossing the World River & Underworld
🌸Cultural Heroes Named Taro/Taru
🌸Demon-Repelling Arrows
🌸Demon-Repelling Rituals
🌸Descent of Deities of Kumano
🌸Disappearing Deities
🌸Dragon Boat Race Festivals

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