Thereupon the violent waves at once went down, and the august ship was able to proceed. Thine Augustness my lovely younger sister' Oh! Section LXIX.Emperor Sui-nin (Part I.Genealogies), Section LXX. Thereupon His Augustuess the Male-Who-Invites, wishing to meet and see his younger sister Her Augustness the FemaleWho-Invites, followed after her to the Land of Hades. Omissions? Please consider upgrading your browser software or enabling style sheets (CSS) if you are able to do so. (Eight deities in all from the deity Foam-Prince to the deity Earthly-Water-Drawing-Gourd-Possessor.) But the heavenly speaking-lute brushed against a tree, and the earth resounded. 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. Open Source for the Human Soul. He replied, saying: " In the early morning when he went into the privy, I grasped hold of him and crushed him, and, pulling off his limbs, wrapped them in matting and flung them away. John Bruno Hare, All Rights Reserved. Then His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites replied: "My lovely younger sister, Thine Augastness! ), Section LXXIX.Emperor Kei-k (Part IV.Yamato-take Slays His Elder Brother), Section LXXX. I mean to marry the deity Great-Name- Possessor." This is the Island of Onogoro. 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. 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. These texts are holy writing that contains Hindu teachings, laws, and philosophies. Nevertheless the bird soared up thence to heaven again and flew away. So Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites is called the Great-Deity-of-Hades. The child of this deity was called the deity Luxuriant-Food-Princess. 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. 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. from the Heike Monogatari, retold by Ridgely Torrence [1935]. And she forthwith, unbinding her august hair, twisted it into august bunches; and both into the left and into the right august bunch, as likewise into her august head-dress and likewise on to her left and her right august arm, she twisted an augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long, of five hundred jewels, and, slinging on her back a quiver holding a thousand arrows, and adding thereto a quiver holding five hundred arrows, she likewise took and slung at her side a mighty and high sounding elbow-pad, and brandished and stuck her bow upright so that the top shook, and she stamped her feet into the hard ground up to her opposing thighs, kicking away the earth like rotten snow, and stood valiantly like unto a mighty man, and, waiting, asked: "Wherefore ascendest thou hither?" Chronology of Sovereigns Mentioned in the Kojiki and Nihongi. The next, Her Augustness Lovely-Island-Princess, dwells in the middle temple of Munakata. He replied, saying: "I wail because I wish to depart to my deceased mother's land, to the Nether Distant Land." Preparations for the Conquest of Korea), Section XCVIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IV.The Empress Jin-g Conquers Korea), Section XCIX.Emperor Chi-ai (Part V.The Empress Jin-g Fishes in Tsukushi), Section C.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VI.The Empress Jin-g Subdues Yamato), Section CI.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Heir Apparent Exchanges Names with the Great Deity Izasa-Wake), Section CII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Empress Jin-g Presents Liquor to the Heir Apparent), Section CIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IX.His Death and that of the Empress Jin-g), Section CIV.Emperor -jin (Part 1.Genealogies), Section CV.Emperor -jin (Part II.He Divides the Inheritance Between His Three Sons), Section CVI.Emperor -jin (Part III.He Wooes Princess Miya-nushi-ya-kaha-ye), Section CVII.Emperor -jin (Part IV.He Grants Princess Kaminaga to His Son Oho-Sazaki), Section CVIII.Emperor -jin (Part V.Songs of the Territorial Owners of Yeshinu), Section CIX.Emperor -jin (Part VI.Various Deeds), Section CX.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.Tribute From Korea), Section CXI.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.The Emperor Intoxicated), Section CXII.Emperor -jin (Part IX.Troubles Which Followed His Decease), Section CXIII.Emperor -jin (Part X.Princes Oho-sazaki And Uji-no-waki-iratsuko Cede the Empire to Each Other), Section CXIV.Emperor -jin (Part XI.Ama-no-hi-boko Crosses Over to Japan), Section CXV.Emperor -jin (Part XII.Descendants of Ama-no-hi-boko, and Treasures Brought by Him. 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. Last Updated: Article History Table of Contents Kojiki, (Japanese: "Records of Ancient Matters"), together with the Nihon shoki ( q.v. 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. So His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, at once taking and changing, the young girl into a multitudinous and close-toothed comb which he stuck into his august hair-bunch, said to the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder: " Do you distil some eightfold refined liquor. So thereupon His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness said: if that be so I will take leave of the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, and depart." Next he said to His Augustness Moon-Night-Possessor: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Dominion of the Night." Includes text and translation of the Shoshinge of Shinran Shonen, with extended commentary. Japanese Haiku With this charge he bestowed it on her. The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher) Next they gave birth to the Island of Chika, another name for which is Heavenly-Great-Male. One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable Would that I could beat them till they were sick! 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! The child which was born to them was Hiruko (the leech-child), which when three years old was still unable to stand upright. 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. 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. In Ghostly Japan Even still, it took quite a bit of work to finish That song said: "Eight clouds arise. This is an incomplete song. The Kojiki is an important source book for ceremonies, customs, divination, and magical practices of ancient Japan. Then His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites, drawing the ten-grasp saber that was augustly girded on him, cut off the head of his child the deity Shining-Elder. 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.). So that place is now called Suga. Next they gave birth to the Island of Adzuki, another name for which is Oho-Nu-De-Hime. Izanagi was furious with sorrow and beheaded the . One of Hearn's last books, this substantial volume is a highly readable After this, placing in Princess Miyazu's house his august sword "the Grass-Quelling Saber," he went forth to take the deity of Mount Ibuki. The name of the deity that was born from the august girdle which he next threw down was the deity Road-Long-Space. 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. The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism. This section has scriptures of the Shinto religion, text is buried in apparatus. Therefore did the eight hundred myriad deities assemble in a divine assembly in the bed of the Tranquil River of Heaven, and bid the deity Thought-Includer, child of the High-August-Producing-Wondrous deity, think of a plan, assembling the long-singing birds of eternal night and making them sing, taking the hard rocks of Heaven from the river-bed of the Tranquil River of Heaven, and taking the iron from the Heavenly Metal-Mountains, calling in the smith Ama-tsu-ma-ra, charging Her Augtsness I-shi-ko-ri-do-me to make a mirror, and charging His Augustness Jewel-Ancestor to make an augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long - of five hundred jewels - and summoning His Augustness Heavenly-Beekoning-Ancestor-Lord and His Augustness Great-Jewel, and causing them to pull out with a complete pulling the shoulder-blade of a true stag from the Heavenly Mount Kagu, and take cherry-bark from the Heavenly Mount Kagu, and perform divination, and pulling up by pulling its roots a true cleyera japonica with five hundred branches from the Heavenly Mount Kaga, and taking and putting upon its upper branches the augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long - of five hundred jewels - and taking and tying to the middle branches the mirror eight feet long, and taking and hanging upon its lower branches the white pacificatory offerings and the blue pacificatory offering His Augustness Grand-Jewel taking these divers things and holding them together with the grand august offerings, and His Augustness Heavenly-Beckoning-Ancestor-Lord prayerfully reciting grand liturgies, and the Heavenly Hand-Strength-Male deity standing hidden beside the door, and Her Augustness Heavenly-Alarming-Female banging round her the heavenly clubmoss the Heavenly -Mount Kagu as a sash, and making the heavenly spindle-tree her head-dress and binding the leaves of the bamboo-grass of the Heavenly -Mount-Kagu in a posy for her hands, and laying a sounding-board before the door of the Heavenly Rock-Dwelling and stamping, till she made it resound and doing as if possessed by a deity, and pulling out the nipples of her breasts, pushing down her skirt-string "usque ad privates partes". So then, pursuing after him to the Even-Pass-of-Hades, and gazing on him from afar, be called out to the deity Great-Name-Possessor, saying: "With the great life-sword and the life-bow-and-arrows which thou carriest, pursue thy half-brethren till they crouch on the august slopes of the passes, and pursue them till they are swept into the reaches of the rivers, and do thou, wretch! 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. [This difficult song has been rather differently rendered by Mr. Aston in the Second Appendix to his " Grammar of the Japanese Written Language." When be thence penetrated on, and crossed the sea of Hashiri-midzu, the deity of that crossing raised the waves, tossing the ship so that it could not proceed across. VI.The Prince of Tomi and the Shiki Brethren), Section L.Emperor Jim-mu (Part VII.The Empire Pacified), Section LI.Emperor Jim-mu (Part. So, though he did thus, the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity upbraided him not, but said: "What looks like excrements must be something that His Augustness mine elder brother has vomited through drunkenness. This island likewise has one body and four faces, and each face has a name. The name of the deity that was born as he thereupon washed his left august eye was the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity. It will be best to announce this in the august place of the Heavenly deities." Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. that eightfold fence.". 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." the lands that I and thou made are not yet finished making; so come back! " I hope it will help to break down the barriers of suspicion and ignorance and encourage understanding and tolerance in this age of tension and conflict. Section LXVIII.Emperor S-jin (Part VI.His Age and Place of Burial). Owing to its speaking thus, he trod on the place, whereupon he fell in and hid himself, during which time the fire burned past. having put the days in a row, there are of nights nine nights, and of days ten days!". Kojiki, (Japanese: Records of Ancient Matters), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v. 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." It's a very locally. The Ideals of the East FEATURED TEXTS: The Teachings of Zoroaster (4/22/2010) The Splendour of God (4/17/2010) The Kebra . We are not going through the sky, but oh! He Rectifies the People's Names), Section CXI. PART III. (Four deities in all from the deity Prince-of-long-wind to Moor-Elder.) by Arthur Waley [1921]. 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. Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan Afterward it will be a gentle bird; so as for thy life, do not deign to die. Next they gave birth to the Island of Iki, another name for which is Heaven's One-Pillar. The fashion of his weeping was such as by his weeping to wither the green mountains into withered mountains, and by his weeping to dry up all the rivers and seas. The Book of Tea It is now called the Hare deity. Sacred Texts Shinto Buy this Book at Amazon.com The Emergence of Amaterasu (Public Domain Image) The Kojiki translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain [1919] Contents Start Reading Page Index Text [Zipped] The Kojiki is one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion. by Yejitsu Okusa [1915] KAKUZO OKAKURA This means that a person's soul goes through a cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. Owing to this, eternal night prevailed. Though thou say that thou wilt not weep - if like the Rocking birds, I flock and depart, if, like the led birds, I am led away and depart, thou wilt hang down thy head like a single eulalia upon the mountain and thy weeping shall indeed rise an the mist of the morning shower. Next they gave birth to the island of Aha. Sacred Text Archive - Shintoism. All the eight deities in the above list, from the deity Rock-Splitter to the deity Kura-mitsuha, are deities that were born from the august sword. With these words, and impetuous with victory, he broke down the divisions of the rice-fields laid out by the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity filled up the ditches, and moreover strewed excrements in the palace where she partook of the great food. 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. Lift up the luxuriant august liquor!". THE KOJIKI -one of the two primary sources for Shinto -starts in the realm of myth, with the creation of Japan from foam 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. A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. It is therefore solely with the thought of taking leave of thee and departing, that I have ascended hither. Conspiracy of King Saho-biko and the Empress Saho-bime), Section LXXI.Emperor Sui-nin (Part III.Birth of Prince Homu-chi-wake and Death of the Conspirators), Section LXXII.Emperor Sui-nin (Part IV.The Dumb Prince Homu-chi-wake), Section LXXIII. Descend back again and amend your words." Thine Augustness my spouse like the young herbal The tradition of the thing, too, this!". A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. Corrections? 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. A collection of 220 Japanese Haiku. by Richard Gordon Smith [1918] that I should have exchanged thee for this single child! " As soon as he had finished singing, he died. Over 1700 books. While she was thus speaking, His Augustness Heavenly-Beckoning-Ancestor-Lord and His Augustness Grand-Jewel pushed forward the mirror and respectfully showed it to the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, whereupon the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, more and more astonished, gradually came forth from the door and gazed upon it, whereupon the Heavenly-Hand-Strength-Male deity, who was standing hidden, took her august hand and drew her out, and then His Augustness Grand-Jewel drew the bottom-tied rope along at her august back, and spoke, saving: "Thou must not go back further in than this"! Thereupon the deity caused heavy ice-rain to fall, striking and perplexing His Augustness Yamato-take. There are no persons in the West so brave and strong as we two. So the hare followed the instructions of the eighty deities, and lay down. Again he asked: "What is the cause of your crying?" The following beliefs shape these rituals. Samurai and Japanese feudalism. wert a person, I would gird my sword upon thee, I would clothe thee with my garments - O mine elder brother, the single pine-tree!". Then he sang augustly, saying: "Alas that the sword girded on the Idzumo bravo, and wound round with many a creeper, should have had no true blade!". 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. 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. is out of print and hard to obtain. 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. It starts in the realm of myth, with the creation of Japan from foam. Thus he commanded; but for five days after, still the prince came not forth. An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore. But afterward he said, " It was not well that the woman should speak first!" Again he sang, saying: "How sweet! 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. Then the Princess of Nuna-kaba, without yet opening the door, sang from the inside, saying: Thine Augustness, the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears! Updates? the tradition of the thing, too, this! Each group/family of Shinto people record their prayers in books. The names of the deities given birth to by these two deities Prince-of-Swift-Autumn and Princess-of-Swift-Autumn from their separate dominions of river and sea were: the deity Foam-Calm; next, the deity Foam-Waves; next the deity Bubble-Calm; next, the deity Bubble-Waves; next the deity Heavenly-Water-Divider; next, the deity Earthly-Water-Divider; next, the deity Heavenly-Water-Drawing-Gourd-Possessor; next, the deity Earthly-Water-Drawing-Gourd-Possessor. Then when the day of the rejoicing came, having combed down after the manner of girls his august hair which was bound up, and having put on his aunt's august upper garment and august skirt, he looked quite like a young girl, and, standing amidst the women, went inside the cave. 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. It happened that at this time his august hair was bound at the brow. So, when the feast was at its height, His Augustness Wo-usu, drawing the saber from his bosom, and catching Kumaso by the collar of his garment, thrust the saber through his chest, whereupon, alarmed at the sight, the younger bravo ran out. Index| 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. Sacred Text - Shintoism Sacred Text Sacred text is the scripture, or holy book, that writes about various religion traditions considered sacred. Rooted in prehistoric animism, the religion has no founder, official sacred texts or formalized doctrine. Next he said to His-Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Sea-Plain. YAMATO-TAKE IS SENT TO SUBDUE THE EAST AND VISITS HIS AUNT AT ISE, Then the Heavenly Sovereign again urged a command on His Augustness Yamato-take, saying: "subdue and pacify the savage deities and likewise the unsubmissive people of the twelve roads of the East"; and when he sent him off, joining to him Prince -Mi-suki-tomo-mimi-take, ancestor of the Grandees of Kibi, he bestowed on him a holly-wood spear eight fathoms long. Again, later, his younger sister sent the eight Thunder-deities with a thousand and five hundred warriors of Hades to pursue him. Genji Monogatari Corrections? 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. swiftly flying heaven-racing messenger! Japanese characters. A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. 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