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. Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" Again on the night of the next day the Impetuous--Male deity put him into the centipede and wasp-house; but as she again gave him a centipede and wasp-scarf, and instructed him as before, he came forth calmly. Again the Heavenly Sovereign said: "How didst thou take the trouble?" So when the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity had come forth, both the Plain of High Heaven and the Central-Land-of-Reed-Plains of course again became light. The names of the deities that were born as lie bathed at the top of the water were the deity Possessor-of-the-Ocean-Surface and, next, His Augustness Elder--Male-of-the-Surface. Then I will tread on them, and count them as I run across. Maggots were swarming, and she was rotting, and in her head dwelt the Great-Thunder, in her breast dwelt the Fire-Thunder, in her left hand dwelt the Young-Thunder, in her right hand dwelt the Earth-Thunder, in her left foot dwelt the Rumbling-Thunder, in her right foot dwelt the Couchant-Thunder -- altogether eight Thunder-deities had been born and dwelt there. RETIREMENT OF HER AUGUSTNESS THE PRINCESS-WHO-INVITES, Through giving birth to this child her august private parts were burned, and she sickened and lay down. the "Kami" is the name for the sacred text of the Shinto tradition. 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. The name of the deity that was next born from his private parts was the deity Possessor-of-the-Dark-Mountains. Kogoshui: Gleanings from Ancient Stories Section LII.Emperor Jim-mu (Part. There are supernatural episodes, and tales of murder, KAKUZO OKAKURA The name of the deity that was next born as he washed his august nose was His Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness. Next, they gave birth to the deity of Wind, whose name is the deity Prince-of-Long-Wind. The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher), Shinran and His Work: Studies in Shinshu Theology, Principal Teachings of the True Sect of Pure Land. Forthwith that august mausoleum was called by. (Six islands in all from the Island of Ko in Kibi to the Island of Heaven's-Two-Houses.). Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. the tradition of the thing, too, this! Emperor Nin-toku Part V.The Empress Retires to Yamashiro), Section CXXIV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VI.He Follows the Empress into Yamashiro), Section CXXV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.He Loves Yata-no-waki-iratsume), Section CXXVI.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Death of King Hayabusa-Wake and Queen Medori), Section CXXVII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Queen Medori's Armlet), Section CXXVIII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part IX.A Wild-Goose Lays an Egg), Section CXXIX:Emperor Nin-toku (Part X.A Vessel Is Made Into A Lute), Section CXXX.Emperor Nin-toku (Part XI.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXI.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part I.Genealogies), Section CXXXII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part II.He is Taken to Iso-no-kami), Section CXXXIII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part III.His Rebellious Brother and the Latter's Retainer Sobakari Are Slain), Section CXXXIV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part IV.Various Deeds), Section CXXXV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part V.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXVII.Emperor In-giy (Part IGenealogies), Section CXXXVIII.Emperor In-giy (Part II.His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician), Section CXXXIX.Emperor In-giy (Part III. Having descended from Heaven on to this island, they saw to the erection of a heavenly august pillar, they saw to the erection of a hall of eight fathoms. The Text and its Authenticity, Together with Bibliographical Notes, IV. 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 speak not too lovingly, Thine Augustness the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears! The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to band him the jewels that were twisted on her right august arm, and having crunchingly crunched them,, be blew them away was His-Wondrous-Augustness-of-Kumanu. by Lafcadio Hearn [1899]. These two deities were likewise deities born alone, and hid their persons. (Ten deities in all from the deity Great-Male-of-the-Great-Thing to the deity Princess-of-Autumn.) by Lady Murasaki Shikibu tr. Then His Augustness Wo-usu was granted by his aunt Her Augustness Yamato-himeo her august upper garment and august skirt; and, with a saber hidden in his august bosom, he went forth. The Book of Tea The shinten give mythological and historical accounts of the origin of the world; the appearance of the gods, the land, and all the creatures of the universe; the establishment of the Japanese nation; the proper relationship between the gods and government; and ceremonies of worship, manners, and customs. YAMATO-TAKE SLAYS THE DEITY OF THE ASHIGARA PASS. So what was called the Even-Pass-of-Hades is now called the Ifuya-Pass in the Land of Idzumo. 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." The old man answered, saying: "I had originally eight young girls as daughters. The official birth of the Shinto cult in Japan is hard to date exactly. BBC 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Various Deeds. ), Section LXXIX.Emperor Kei-k (Part IV.Yamato-take Slays His Elder Brother), Section LXXX. In 2000, a copy fortuitously turned up in a local used bookstore. But as for me alas! As 1 was weeping and lamenting for this reason, the eighty deities who went by before thee commanded and exhorted me, saying: 'Bathe in the salt water, and lie down exposed to the wind.' These three deities were all deities born alone, and hid their persons. Kojiki, (Japanese: Records of Ancient Matters), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v. "- and he gave to the peaches the designation of Their Augustnesses Great-Divine-Fruit. by Arthur Waley [1921]. Oh! Then, as the sea-water dried, the skin of its body all split with the blowing of the wind, so that it lay weeping with pain. A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. Descend back again and amend your words." Having thus spoken, they took fire, and burned a large stone like unto a boar, and rolled it down. having put the days in a row, there are of nights nine nights, and of days ten days!". The name of the deity they next gave birth to was the deity Bird's-Rock-Camphor-tree-Boat, another name for whom is the Heavenly-Bird-Boat. Sacred Texts In Shintoism, there is no specific book. 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." Then the elder brother and the younger brother, the two Kumaso bravoes, delighted at the sight of the maiden, set her between them, and rejoiced exuberantly. 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. As soon as he had finished saying this, the Prince ripped him up like a ripe melon, and slew him. IXTroubles Which Followed His Decease). After that, when they had returned, they gave birth to the Island of Koo-zhima in Kibi, another name for which island is Brave-Sun-Direction-Youth. swiftly flying heaven-racing messenger, the tradition of the thing, too, this!". Sacred Text Archive - Shintoism. They ascended forthwith to Heaven and inquired of Their Augustnesses the Heavenly deities. Broadly speaking, Shint has no founder. The tradition of the thing, too, this!". So that place is called by the name of the Tsuwetsuki pass. But notwithstanding these apologetic words, he still continued his evil acts, and was more and more violent. Izanagi was furious with sorrow and beheaded the . 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." Articles from Britannica Encyclopedias for elementary and high school students. 'Shinto' means the way of the gods. So His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, thinking that there must be people at the head-waters of the river, went up it in quest of them, when he came upon an old man and an old woman - two of them - who had a young girl between them, and were weeping. 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.' translated by Peter Beilenson [1955] Then His Augustness Wo-usu, respited him for a moment, holding him down as he lay prostrate. There are no persons in the West so brave and strong as we two. Answer (1 of 2): "Shinto" is a term which coalesced relatively recently (within the last 100-200 years) to collect or contain what had previously been (and remains, to a certain extent) separate sites, beliefs, and practices connected to sites and communities all across Japan. So he drew a thousand-draught rock, and with it blocked up the Even-Pass-of-Hades, and placed the rock in the middle; and they stood opposite to one another and exchanged leave-takings ; and Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites said: "My lovely elder brother, thine Augustness! In some cases, a mountain, waterfall or rock behind the shrine building can be . So the great deity the Male-Who-Invites dwells at Taga in Afumi. Section XLV.Emperor Jim-mu (Part II.The Cross-Sword Sent Down From Heaven). 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. So the hare said to the deity Great-Name-Possessor: "These eighty deities shall certainly not get the Princess of Yakami. 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. Some commentators enlarge the category of sacred texts to include also such works as the Manysh (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, the oldest Japanese anthology of verse, compiled in the 8th century ad); the Fudoki (Records of Air and Soil, 8th-century notes on local legends and geography); and the Taih-ry (oldest extant code of law in Japan, promulgated in 702). As soon as I had finished speaking, the crocodile who lay the last of all seized me and stripped off all my clothing. Each group/family of Shinto people record their prayers in books. the "Kami" is the name for the sacred text of the Shinto tradition. An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. Nostradamus: I Ching: Timeline: Apocrypha: Vedas: The Bible: The Book of Shadows . Hereupon the names of the deities that were born from the blood that stuck to the point of the august sword and bespattered the multitudinous rock-masses were: the deity Rock-Splitter; next, the deity Root-Splitter; next, the Rock-Possessing-Male deity. The next, Her Augustness Princess-of-the-Torrent, dwells in the outer temple of Munakata. This short and very readable book describes the code of honor of the The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher) 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). Beneath the fluttering of the ornamented fence, beneath the softness of the warm coverlet, beneath the rustling of the cloth coverlet, thine arms white as rope of paper-mulberry bark softly patting my breast soft as the melting snow, and patting each other interlaced, stretching out and pillowing ourselves on each otber's arms-true jewel-arms, and with outstretched legs, will we sleep. SHINTO SACRED TEXTS WORLD RELIGIONS, SET 8 Photo by Wonderlane 2. 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 Kojiki text was compiled from oral tradition in 712. The first English translation of the classic tale of 10th century Japanese courtly love. Oh! THE KOJIKI [B.H. Section LXXVIII.Emperor Kei-k (Part III. He replied, saying: "With reverence, but I know not thine august name." The series of texts translated at the instigation of the Sacred Literature Trust will make the world's heritage of spiritual and ethical insights available to a much wider audience. The name of "Land-of-the-Eight-Great-Islands" therefore originated in these eight islands having been born first. Shinto worship is highly ritualised, and follows strict conventions of protocol, order and control. The Kojiki is an important source book for ceremonies, customs, divination, and magical practices of ancient Japan. One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable Then when the eighty deities searched and pursued till they came up to him, and fixed their arrows in their bows, he escaped by dipping under the fork of a tree, and disappeared. So His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites took his black august head-dress and cast it down, and it instantly turned into grapes. In this manner each day a thousand people would surely be born." When I take and attire myself so carefully in my raiment dyed in the sap of the dye-tree, the pounded madder sought in the mountain fields, and, like the birds of the offing, look at my breast though I raise my fins, I say that they are good. But pursuing after and reaching him at the bottom of the steps of the cave, and catching him by the back, Prince Wo-usu thrust the saber through his buttock. by Yejitsu Okusa [1915] They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Next, they gave birth to the deity of Trees, whose name is deity Stem-Elder; next, they gave birth to the deity of Mountains, whose name is the deity Great-Mountain-Possessor. This island has one body and four faces, and each face has a name. The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism. The Kojiki was dictated by Heida no Are to the scribe O no Yasumaro on the orders of the Emperor Temmu. FEATURED TEXTS: The Teachings of Zoroaster (4/22/2010) The Splendour of God (4/17/2010) The Kebra . The names of the deities that were born next were the deity Mud-Earth-Lord; next, his Younger sister the deity -Mud-Earth-Lady; next, the Germ-Integrating deity; next, his younger sister the Life-Integrating-Deity; next, the deity of Elder-of-the-Great-Place; next, his younger sister the deity Elder-Lady-of-the-Great-Place; next, the deity Perfect-Exterior; next, his younger sister the deity Oh-Awful-Lady; next, the deity Izanagi or the Male-Who-Invites; next, his younger sister Izanami or the deity the Female-Who-Invites. She having thus sung, they at once pledged each other by the cup with their hands on each other's necks, and are at rest till the present time. So that place was called by the name of Mihe. The name of the deity that was born as he thereupon washed his left august eye was the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. Being maiden like a drooping plant, my heart is just a bird on a sand-bank by the shore; it will now indeed be a dotterel. The names of the deities that were born next from a thing that sprouted up like unto a reed-shoot when the earth, young and like unto floating oil, drifted about medusa-like, were the Pleasant-Reed-Shoot-Prince-Elder deity, next the Heavenly-Eternally-Standing deity. Then the deity Great-Name-Possessor, grasping the great deity's hair, tied it fast to the various rafters of the house, and, blocking up the floor of the house with a five-hundred draught rock, and taking his wife the Forward-Princess on his back, then carried off the great deity's great life-sword and life-bow-and-arrows, as also his heavenly speaking-lute, and ran out. Thereupon, while he stood knowing no place of exit, a mouse came and said: " The inside is hollow-hollow; the outside is narrow-narrow." So having taken and broken off one of the end-teeth of the multitudinous and close-toothed comb stuck in the august left bunch of his hair, he lit one light and went in and looked. Emperor Sui-nin (Part. Hereupon the two deities took counsel, saving: "The children to whom we have now given birth are not good. Search| So while the other two deities each assumed his and her rule according to the command with which her father had deigned to charge them, the Storm-God, His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, did not assume the rule of the dominion with which he had been charged, but cried and wept till his eight-grasp beard reached to the pit of his stomach. Afterward his younger sister Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites spoke: " Ah! Legendary Shinto tales from a primary source. its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole. So to the present day these songs are sung at the great interment of a Heavenly Sovereign. (These are such as were given birth to before the deity the Princess-Who-Invites divinely retired. Having thus spoken, she went back inside the palace; and as she tarried there very long, he could not wait. See Site copyrights, Terms of Service for more information. -Next they gave birth to the Island of Hime, another name for which is Heaven's-One-Root. by S. Yamabe and L. Adams Beck [1921] So, knowing that he had been deceived, he opened the mouth of the bag which his aunt, Her Augustness Yamato-hine had bestowed on him, and saw that inside of it there was a fire-striker. So when he cut the middle tail, the edge of his august sword broke. Japanese Fairy Tales Then on drawing his sword, the Idzumo bravo could not draw the false sword. So the deity the Female-Who-Invites, through giving birth to the deity of Fire, at length divinely retired. With which words, at once jinglingly taking off and shaking the jewel-string forming his august necklace, be bestowed it on Amaterasu, the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. So seven days afterward the Empress's august comb drifted on to the sea-beach - which comb was forthwith taken and placed in an august mausoleum which was made. 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. The history and practice of Pure Land Buddhism in Japan. ), Section LXXVI.Empress Kei-ko (Part I,Genealogies). The Heavenly Sovereign said to His Augustness Wo-usu: "Why does not thine elder brother come forth to the morning and evening great august repasts? Next they gave birth to the Island of Oho-shima, another name for which is Oho-Tamaru-Wake. (What is called here akakagachi is the modern hohodzuki.) 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