Japanese Mythology
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Japanese Mythology
By Nhayoung Hwang, Angela Lee,
Alice Peng, Amy Tang, and
Margaret Shyu
Izanagi
(Izanaki)
Izanami
The creator god and maker of the Japanese
islands.
The creator goddess and wife of Izanagi.
Amaterasu
The sun goddess.
Susanowo
(Susanoh)
The storm god.
Tsuki-yomi
The moon god who used to live with
Amaterasu in the sky.
Creation Myth
The Underworld
The Sun Behind
the Rock
The Flower & Rock
Princess
The Palace Under the
Sea
The Flower & Rock
Princess
The Palace
Under the Sea
Yamata No Orochi
The Flower & Rock
Princess
The Palace Under the
Sea
Ohkuninushi – a later
descendant of Susanowo
1st Japanese emperor
The Lord of the Land
Back
Creation Myth
Izanagi makes Onokoro
They meet & Izanami speaks
first
Izanami’s son is weak
Izanami should not have
spoken first
Go back & Izanagi speaks first
Children are perfect
Back
The Underworld
Izanagi goes to
underworld for Izanami
Izanami ate food
Izanami says he can’t
look
Izanagi looks and sees
monsters on her
Izanagi runs away
Back
The Sun Behind the Rock
Susanowo kills
Amaterasu’s maiden
Amaterasu hides in a
cave
World becomes dark
Comes out when
Uzume, the goddess
of laughter, dances
Back
Yamata No Orochi
Susanowo hears eight-
headed snake, Orochi,
wants to eat Kusinada
Makes eight doors each
with a barrel of sake
Monster falls asleep and
Susanowo cuts off their
heads
Marries Kusinada and
gets the sword,
Kusanagi
Back
The Flower Princess and the Rock Princess
Ohyamatsumi hears Ninigi
loves Konohana, his daughter
Sends Iwanaga, his other
daughter, with Konohana
Ninigi sends Iwanaga back
Konohana = prosperity
Iwanaga = immortality
Ninigi loses chance to live
forever
Back
The Palace Under the Sea
o Hoori loses brother’s
o
o
o
o
fishhook & looks for it in
sea
Toyotama, sea dragon's
daughter, loves Hoori
Toyotama’s father finds
fishhook
Hoori goes back to return
fishhook
Hoori sees true form when
Toyotama is giving birth
Back
Lord of the Land
Ohkuninushi = lord of land,
brothers hate him
Brothers tell him they will
chase boar & he can catch it
Catches burning rock & dies
Mother tries to revive him
Brothers put him in tree
trunk
Ohkuninushi revives
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Japanese Mythology Wiki
Our wiki page is a series of pages that shows how we collaborated
together to make our powerpoint and iMovie.
http://hydejapanmythology.pbwiki.com/
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