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Japanese Mythology
The story from creation, to the first emperor
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| (Best not shuffled but do what you want) Suffix meaning "god" | no-Kami (kah-mee) |
| Suffix meaning "chief god" tagged on to the most important gods and goddesses | Ōmikami (oh-mee-kah-mee) |
| Suffix given to gods with an important mission | no-Mikoto (mee-koh-toh) |
| Ancient Japanese compendiums of myths, legends, traditions, and royal history. | Kojiki (koh-jee-kee) and Nihon Shoki (nee-hohn shoh-kee) |
| The last of several generations of primordial gods, they created the Japanese Archipelago and new generations of deities | Izanagi (Is-uh-nah-gee) no-Mikoto and Izanami (is-uh-nah-mee) no-Mikoto |
| Izanami died from burns giving birth to this fire god | Kagutsuchi (kah-goot-soo-chee) no-Kami |
| Izanagi tried to retrieve his deceased wife from this underworld, but was horrified as she had eaten the food from there and was bound to a rotting form. | Yomi (yoh-mee) |
| Izanagi, chased by Izanami (is-uh-nah-mee) and a host of other women escaped from the underworld and sealed sealed the entrance with this object, keeping the dead from escaping. | A large stone |
| Izanagi bathed in the sea to purify himself from his contact with the dead, creating this purification practice of Shintō | Harai (huh-ry) |
| While cleansing himself, Izanagi created this trio of gods and a goddess | Mihashira(mee-hah-shee-rah)-no-Uzunomiko (oo-zoo-noh-mee-koh) |
| This sun goddess and first member of the Mihashira-no-Uzunomiko was born from Izanagi's left eye | Amaterasu (ah-mah-teh-rah-soo) Ōmikami |
| This moon god and second member of the Mihashira-no-Uzunomiko was born from Izanagi's right eye | Tsukiyomi (Like xu but with a t sound, barely pronounce the t. soo-kee-yoh-mee) or Tsukuyomi (soo-koo-yoh-mee) no-Mikoto |
| This storm god and third member of the Mihashira-no-Uzunomiko was born from Izanagi's nose | Susanoo (soo-sah-no) no-Mikoto |
| Like most siblings, Amaterasu and Susanoo didn't get along, and during a violent rampage, he flung this into Amaterasu's manor, killing one of her seamstresses. | Flayed horse |
| Filled with despair, Amaterasu fled into this cave. | Amano (ah-mah-no) Iwato (ee-wah-toh) |
| What happens when the Sun Goddess disappears into a cave | The terrestrial world is plunged into freezing darkness |
| To try and lure out Amaterasu, the other gods decorated this kind of tree | Sasaki (suh-sah-kee) |
| They decorated the tree with jewels and this beautiful mirror | Yata (yah-tah) -no-Kagami (kah-gah-mee) |
| This heavenly dancer also did a salacious dance while the other gods guffawed, causing Amaterasu to poke her head out of the cave due to her curiosity. | Ame-no-Uzume no-Mikoto (ah-may oo-zoo-may) |
| The moment she looked, she was mesmerized by her glorious reflection in the mirror. She was then dragged out by this god of strength, and the cave was magically sealed. | Ame-no-Tajikarao no-Kami (ah-may tah-jee-kahr-ow |
| Susanoo was then banished to this mortal realm. | Izumo (ih-zoo-moh |
| In this mortal realm, Susanoo slew this eight-headed serpent. | Yamata-no-Orochi (yah-mah-tah) (oh-roh-chee) |
| Susanoo retrieved this sword from the serpent after killing it. | Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi or Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi (ah-may) (mer-ah-koomoh) (soo-roo-gy) (koo-suh-nah-gee) |
| Susanoo later gifted the magical sword with this other name to Amaterasu as a reconciliatory gift | Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi or Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi |
| Two generations later Amaterasu's grandson with this name descended to the terrestrial world at Western Kyushu | Ninigi-no-Mikoto (nee-nee-gee) |
| This descent was known as this name or "descent of the heavenly grandchild." | Tenson Kōrin (ten-sahn) (koh-reen) |
| Ninigi's great grandson became this legendary first emperor of Japan | Jimmu (jih-moo) |
| The rulers and leaders of the earthly deities reluctantly ceded control of the human world to the heavenly deities and their descendants in this "transfer of the land." | Shintoism. |
| These are the three imperial regalia | Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi(sword), Yata-no-Kagami(mirror), and Yasakani-no-Magatama(Jewel) (yah-sah-kah-nee mah-gah-tah-mah) |
| Three primary virtues represented by these regalia | Valor(sword), Wisdom(mirror), and Benevolence(jewel) |
| Deities who resided in the heavenly plain | Amatsukami (ah-mah-soo-kah-mee) |
| The heavenly plane | Takamanohara (tah-kah-mah-noh-hah-rah) |
| Earthly deities and spirits who populated the terrestrial world | Kunitsukami (koo-nit-soo-kah-mee) |
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