Japanese Mythology

• A

  Amaterasu Hides in a Cave →

• B

  The Birth of Fire God Kagu-tsuchi →

• C

  The Creation of Japan by Izanagi and Izanami →

• D

  The Descent of Ninigi →

• I

  Issun-boshi, the One-Inch Boy →

• L

  The Legend of Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi →
• The Legend of Ame-no-Uzume and the Cave →
• The Legend of Empress Jingu and the Invasion of Korea →
• The Legend of Hoderi and the Lost Fishhook →
• The Legend of Iwanaga-hime and Konohana Sakuya-hime →
• The Legend of Jimmu →
• The Legend of Kamimusubi →
• The Legend of Kashima and Namazu →
• The Legend of Kintaro →
• The Legend of Konohana Sakuya Hime →
• The Legend of Kuebiko →
• The Legend of Kukunochi →
• The Legend of Namazu →
• The Legend of Okuninushi and Suseri-hime →
• The Legend of Omoikane and the Heavenly Bird →
• The Legend of Raijin and Fujin →
• The Legend of Sarutahiko and Ame-no-Uzume →
• The Legend of Suijin →
• The Legend of Tamamo-no-Mae →
• The Legend of Tatsuta-hime →
• The Legend of the First Fruits Ritual →
• The Legend of the Ise Grand Shrine →
• The Legend of the Ise-Jingu Renewal →
• The Legend of the Kappa →
• The Legend of the Kasuga Grand Shrine →
• The Legend of the Kojiki’s Creation →
• The Legend of the Sacred Regalia of Japan →
• The Legend of the Shichi Fukujin →
• The Legend of the Yasukuni Shrine →
• The Legend of Tsukuyomi →

• M

  Momotaro, the Peach Boy →

• O

  Okuninushi and the White Rabbit of Inaba →

• S

  The Story of Amaterasu and the Sacred Mirror →
• The Story of Ame-no-Minakanushi →
• The Story of Baku →
• The Story of Benkei and Yoshitsune →
• The Story of Ebisu →
• The Story of Emperor Jinmu’s Eastern Expedition →
• The Story of Fujin’s Bag of Winds →
• The Story of Hachiman →
• The Story of Hoderi and Hoori →
• The Story of Kami-Musubi →
• The Story of Kura-Okami →
• The Story of Ninigi and Konohana Sakuya Hime →
• The Story of Ninigi’s Descent to Earth →
• The Story of Okuninushi and Sukunahikona →
• The Story of Okuninushi Building the Land →
• The Story of Omoikane’s Wisdom →
• The Story of Sarutahiko Okami →
• The Story of Susa-no-o’s Exile →
• The Story of Takamimusubi →
• The Story of Tenjin →
• The Story of the Deity of Mount Fuji →
• The Story of the Fushimi Inari Shrine →
• The Story of the Meiji Shrine →
• The Story of the Rock Cave of Heaven →
• The Story of the Usa Shrine →
• The Story of Umashiashikabihikoji →
• Susanoo Slays the Yamata no Orochi →

• T

  The Tale of Ame-no-Koyane →
• The Tale of Ame-no-Tokotachi →
• The Tale of Ame-no-Uzume’s Dance →
• The Tale of Ame-no-Wakahiko →
• The Tale of Ame-no-Wakahiko and the Heavenly Bird →
• The Tale of Hachiman and the Bodhisattva →
• The Tale of Hachiman and the Doves →
• The Tale of Hoori and Toyotama-hime →
• The Tale of Inari →
• The Tale of Izanami in Yomi, the Underworld →
• The Tale of Jizo Bodhisattva →
• The Tale of Omoikane →
• The Tale of Oyamatsumi →
• The Tale of Prince Shotoku and the Four Heavenly Kings →
• The Tale of Ryujin →
• The Tale of Shuten Doji →
• The Tale of Takami-Musubi →
• The Tale of the Atsuta Shrine →
• The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter →
• The Tale of the Eight-Forked Serpent →
• The Tale of the Heavenly Pillar →
• The Tale of the Izumo Taisha →
• The Tale of the Kanda Myojin Shrine →
• The Tale of the Nihon Shoki’s Compilation →
• The Tale of the Tengu →
• The Tale of Tsukuyomi and Uke Mochi →
• The Tale of Ukemochi →
• The Tale of Urashima Taro →
• The Tale of Yamato Takeru →

• Y

  Yuki-onna, the Snow Woman →

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