Myths and legends of Japan: a plunge into the ancestral Japanese imagination

  • Published on : 23/04/2020
  • by : Ph.L
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Momotaro against demons

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Japanese Myths

Legends have always been a means of rationalizing the world and explaining a culture's customs. Whether about the origin of the universe, the political establishment of the country, or the birth of festivities still celebrated today, the following myths have shaped Japanese cosmogony and are an integral part of local folklore.

 

Ema in an Amaterasu sanctuary

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A road at the foot of Mount Kaimondake on Kyushu Island

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