Transcript Japanese Mythology Jason Juntunen, Becky Amundson, Dan Bender, Ryan Drew

Japanese Mythology
Jason Juntunen, Becky
Amundson, Dan Bender,
Ryan Drew
PowerPoint by Jason Juntunen
Japanese Major Gods’
Family Tree
Creation
 The Japanese story of creation
began with nothing
 The first thing formed was the
Plain of High Heaven
 In it, the 3 creating deities
(Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi-noMikoto, Takami-Musubi-noMikoto, and Kammi-Musubino-Mikoto) were formed.
Creation 2
The world slowly
turned into solid
ground from nothing
Suddenly 2 deities
were created,
Umashi-Ashi-KahibiHikoji-no-Mikoto and
Ame-no-Tokotachi-noMikoto.
Creation 3
Many more gods
were created
The world was still a
chaotic mass of
nothing
Izanagi & Izanami
took a sacred spear,
Ama-no-Nuboko, and
stirred the mass with
it to create land
Creation 4
Izanagi & Izanami
created a pillar, the
Heavenly August
Pillar, and walked
around it
Izanami gave birth to
children, but they
were weak &
boneless
Creation 5
The gods decided
that the children were
bad because Izanami
spoke before Izanagi,
so they walked
around again with
Izanagi speaking first
Izanami gave birth to
8 great islands &
many smaller ones
Creation 6
They started to
make other gods to
rule over things.
First there was the
sea-god,
Owatatsumi-noKami. Then
Kamihaya-akitsuhiko for land and
Haya-akitsu-hime for
the sea
Kamihaya-akitsuhiko and Hayaakitsu-hime were
the parents of more
Creation 7
Then there was KamiShinatsuhiko-noMikoto for wind, who
blew away all the
clouds at his birth,
Kukunochi-no-Kami
for trees,
Oyamatsumi-no-Kami
for mountains, and
Kayanuhime-no-Kami
for plains
Creation 8
Izanmi gave birth to
Kagutsuchi-no-Kami,
the god of fire, and
was burned so badly
that when she finally
became conscious
she couldn’t eat
Creation 9
Before she died,
many gods &
goddesses came out
of her body parts
Kanayama-biko and
Kanayama-hime (god
& goddess of metals)
came from her mouth
Creation 10
Haniyasu-hiko and
Haniyasu-hime (god
& goddess of earth)
came from other
parts
Mizuhame-no-Mikoto
was her last child
Creation 11
Nakisawame-noMikoto was born out
of Izanagi’s tears
Izanagi attacked
Kagutsuchi-no-Kami
but only made more
children from his
blood & body parts
The End
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