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	Other Mythology Encyclopaedia
		In Finnish mythology, Akka was the consort of Ukko.
		In Japanese mythology, Ama Terasu is the Sun-Goddess.
		In Finnish mythology, Tuonetar was the consort of Tuoni.
	webpages.charter.net /sn9/religion/myth/otherencyclopaedia.html (10254 words)

	e. Japanese Historical Mythology. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
		However, Japanese mythology commences with a creation myth in which the brother-sister pair of deities, Izanagi and Izanami, descend to Earth, create the islands of Japan, and give birth to subsequent gods with various powers.
		A Korean inscription of 391 indicates the presence of Japanese armies.
		With the emerging strength of Silla, Japanese clout on the Korean Peninsula was on the wane.
	www.bartleby.com /67/167.html (1152 words)

	Japanese Mythology - Sources for japanese myths, Major deities and characters, Major myths and themes
		Japanese mythology includes a vast number of gods, goddesses, and spirits.
		Hachiman, one of the most popular gods of Japanese mythology, was the patron of warriors.
		Among the many spirits and creatures in Japanese mythology are the tengu, minor deities that are part human and part bird.
	www.mythencyclopedia.com /Iz-Le/Japanese-Mythology.html (2329 words)

	'Understanding the Hollow Center' (June 14, 1993) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin
		According to Japanese author and psychologist Hayao Kawai, one of the fundamental tenets in American philosophy -- the importance of the individual -- is unfamiliar to the Japanese and, if given a foothold, could harm their society.
		But "a Japanese would first wait for the opinion of others, assess the general tendencies and then adapt to a single unanimous opinion." Dr. Kawai explained that this difference in philosophy may be confusing and frustrating for Americans who conduct business with the Japanese.
		By contrast, for the Japanese, "balancing is attained by the whole structure, which does not have to have a center actively ruling every element in the structure.
	www.loc.gov /loc/lcib/93/9312/japan.html (956 words)

	Japanese mythology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Japanese mythology is a complex system of beliefs.
		Due to the influence of the ancient Chinese civilization, much of Japanese mythology and religion originated from the mainland, though there are still many myths uniquely Japanese.
		One notable result of Japanese mythology is that it explains the origin of the Imperial family, and assigned them godhood.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Japanese_mythology (2860 words)

	Japanese mythology at AllExperts
		Despite the influence of the ancient Chinese civilization, much of Japanese mythology and religion is uniquely their own.
		Moreover, unlike Greek, Nordic and Egyptian mythology, it is relatively difficult to distinguish what is truly "myth" to the Japanese.
		One notable result of Japanese mythology is that it explains the origin of the Imperial family, and assigned them godhood.
	en.allexperts.com /e/j/ja/japanese_mythology.htm (2880 words)

	The Sailor Senshi Page : Mythology and Legends
		In Greek mythology, the goddess of the moon is Selene, the sister of Helios, god of the son.
		According to Chinese mythology, the rabbit is also supposed to be the pet of a wise medicine man who lives on the moon; the rabbit thus pounds medicine in a mortar.
		Lethe, in Greek mythology, is one of the rivers of Hades, the river of forgetfulness.
	www.eternalsailormoon.org /mythology.html (3909 words)

	Japanese Cuisine - MediterrAsian.com
		The foundation of a traditionally prepared Japanese meal is often rice—usually sticky short grain rice.
		There are many different varieties of noodle commonly eaten in Japan but three of the most popular types are somen (very thin wheat noodles), soba (made with a combination of buckwheat and wheat), and udon (thick wheat noodles).
		This seafood is used in a myriad of tasty ways: eaten with rice, vegetables and seasonings; added to soups, noodle dishes, stir-fries and hot-pots; deep-fried in a light batter and served as tempura; or barbecued and served with tasty sauces and dressings such as teriyaki sauce.
	www.mediterrasian.com /cuisine_of_month_jap.htm (693 words)

	Color Red. Its Symbolizm in Japanese Buddhism and Japanese Shintoism
		In later centuries, the Japanese recommended that children with smallpox be clothed in red garments and that those caring for the sick also wear red (smallpox details here).
		The Japanese word for monkey (猿 saru) is a homonym for the Japanese word expel (去る), the latter meaning to "dispel, punch out, push away, beat away," and thus monkeys are thought to dispel evil spirits.
		The Japanese word for monkey (猿 saru) is a homonym for the Japanese word 去る, which means to "dispel, punch out, push away, beat away," and thus monkeys are thought to dispel evil spirits.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/color-red.html (4911 words)

	Japanese Mythology
		The Japanese culture and arts have been strongly influenced by a wide-spread belief in ghosts, demons and supernatural spirits.
		The roots of Japanese mythology are in the Shinto religion, in Taoism and in Zen Buddhism alike.
		On Japanese art objects, Kintaro is usually shown fighting with a wild animal or a demon.
	www.artelino.com /articles/japanese_mythology.asp (663 words)

	The Flowering of Japanese Literature
		The central concern of Tokugawa poets and scholars was the distillation of Japanese culture from all its Chinese and Asian accretions.
		The writers of early Japanese history are not concerned with verification in the same way the modern historians are; they are, rather, concerned with setting out the special character of Japanese culture in the Yamato and Nara periods.
		The Japanese used Chinese characters to develop a new writing technology they called kana, which means "borrowed words." In some cases they used Chinese words in their pictographic meaning—for instance, the Chinese character for "mountain" (shang) could serve as the Japanese character for mountain.
	www.wsu.edu:8001 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/LIT.HTM (1858 words)

	The New Japanese Mythology - By James Surowiecki - Slate Magazine
		Japanese companies own more than 80 percent of the Asian car market, excluding Korea, and are dominant players in most other industrial categories.
		Insofar as the best Japanese corporations are not the global hegemons we once thought they would be, it may be because everyone else has learned from them, which is of course exactly how competitive markets are supposed to work.
		Recognizing that Japanese business is not down for the count--and remembering the role it played in getting us to where we are--is a necessary step toward a saner appraisal of where this economy might be going.
	www.slate.com /id/2652/fr/rss (1250 words)

	Norman A. Rubin: Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore
		It is entwined with mythology and superstition derived from Japanese Shinto, as well as Buddhism and Taoism brought to Japan from China and India.
		Japanese demons are not altogether evil but are also tricksters and enjoy playing practical jokes.
		There are four types of dragons in Japanese mythology: the heavenly dragons who guard the palace of the gods, the spiritual dragons who bring the blessed rain, the earth dragons who determine the course of rivers, and the dragons who are the guardians of all earthly treasures.
	asianart.com /articles/rubin (3058 words)

	The Probert Encyclopaedia - Other Mythology
		In Islamic mythology, Eblis is the chief of the evil spirits.
		In Iroquois mythology, Gohone is the spirit of winter.
		In Babylonian mythology, Zu is an evil lesser-god who steals the tablets of destiny from Enlil while he was washing, and flies away to his mountain.
	www.fas.org /news/reference/probert/D.HTM (7881 words)

	Oinari, Fox Spirit, God of Japan, Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist & Shinto Deities
		In Japanese folklore, the kitsune (fox) and tanuki (racoon dog) are masters of transformation, as is the Tengu, the bird-man goblin of the forest and mountain.
		The subject of the Japanese fox is so voluminous that Lafcadio Hearn has described it as "ghostly zoology." Below are just some of the myriad myths about this creature, followed by a list of resources for those who would like to dig deeper.
		In Japanese lore, they live a sort of mirror image of human society, with fox lords and ladies, servants and laborers -- standing on hind legs, dressed in human clothes, and carrying out their mystic rituals by lantern light in the middle of the forest.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/oinari.shtml (4903 words)

	Comparision of Japanese/Korean Mythology - China History Forum, chinese history forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Japanese scholars have done most of the work in this area and they have primarily focused on the relationship between these two mythologies in terms of ceremonial and religious theory.
		Based on Mishina Shoei's view that Japanese mythology evolved from a stage of primitive, to ceremonial, to political mythology, Kim Yeol-kyu (1977) has claimed that it might be the case that Korean shamanistic ceremonies were brought into Japan and blended with kingship origin myths to produce a mixture of both.
		As for shaman rituals in Japanese myths, the gods in heaven use a bird to summon the Sun Goddess Ama-terasu after she hid herself in a rock-cave.
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /index.php?showtopic=2045 (2138 words)

	Buddhist mythology
		Buddhist mythology is a mythology within the Buddhism belief system.
		It is a relatively broad mythology, as it was adopted and influenced by several diverse cultures.
		As such, it includes many aspects taken from other mythologies of those cultures (for instance, Japanese kami are considered to be local bodhisattvas by many Japanese Buddhists).
	www.globaloneness.com /a/Buddhist_mythology/id/303035 (297 words)

	Mythology
		A survey of vampire-like entities that populate the mythologies of several cultures.
		This article outlines the Japanese ceation mythology found in the Kojiki, a text important to the Japanese religion Shinto.
		This article focuses on why mythology is relevant: it can hold truths in its lessons, and can lead us to a greater understanding of our own psychology.
	www.suite101.com /welcome.cfm/mythology (261 words)

	Amaterasu and Uzume, Goddesses of Japan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Amaterasu, goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology, was a beautiful and compassionate goddess who ruled both the sun and the heavenly fields of rice that fed the Japanese people.
		The goddess Amaterasu, the divine ancestor of the Japanese imperial family, and the goddess Uzume (who brought her out of her deep depression) are heroines in Japanese myths that parallel the story of Demeter and the maidservant Baubo in Greek mythology.
		Amaterasu was the daughter of the supreme Japanese diety who, in Japanese mythology, had created the world.
	www.goddessgift.com /goddess-myths/japanese_goddess_amaterasu.htm (670 words)

	Amazon.com: Handbook of Japanese Mythology (World Mythology): Books: Michael Ashkenazi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Japanese Mythology A to Z (Mythology a to Z) by Jeremy Roberts
		Despite the writer's obvious erudition, this presentation of Hindu mythology is unlikely to draw students to the field.
		mythology (9), folklore (6), japan (6), historical fiction (6), history (4), fairy tales (2), samurai (3), norse mythology (2), ancient and medieval fiction (2), 300 (6), martial arts (2), historical dimensions and perspectives (2), nonfiction (2), ancient (2), greek (2)
	www.amazon.com /Handbook-Japanese-Mythology-World/dp/1576074676 (1215 words)

	Japan: mythology
		Japanese web sites are often very poor in their English contents, so I can check original contents for you, if you take time in reading Japanese.
		This may be a Japanese name for a character from the chinese story 'Heroes of the water margin'.
		As you might know, Japanese characters have many sounds and at the same time many characters have the same sounds.
	en.allexperts.com /q/Japan-195/mythology.htm (387 words)

	Mythology surrounding Japanese bureaucracy exposed
		The spate of public exposures since the mid-1990s appears to have blown the lid off the generally accepted mythology surrounding the Japanese bureaucracy.
		One of their leaders had commented critically on the Japanese government in a daily newspaper.
		The in-house inquiry team, led by a former Supreme Court justice, reported on Sunday that Suzuki was "deeply involved" in the bidding process for the two Japanese government-funded projects on the Russian-held island claimed by Japan.
	www.atimes.com /japan-econ/DC07Dh01.html (1501 words)

	Japanese Gods and Goddesses
		This article is the continuation of Japanese Mythology and introduces a few more of the Japanese gods and goddesses like the sennin Tobosaku and other strange beings like the Shishi dog.
		Tobosaku is the bad guy in the Japanese mythology who stole not only one, but three peaches out of Seibo's garden.
		In the Japanese language, the seven gods of luck are called Shichi Fukujin, which means "seven happiness beings".
	www.artelino.com /articles/japanese_gods_and_goddesses.asp (897 words)

	Japanese mythology -:: JaponOnline.com - Japan within reach:: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		With the origin, Japanese mythology is based on Shintô which is a tribal religion polytheist imported in Japan for the Yayoi period by emigrants of Korea and Mongolia.
		For the period Tokugawa (1603-1868), a group of scientists started to study what they called kokugakushu, which one can translate by "Native Studies," or "Nativisme", or, less exactly, "Japanese Studies." The kokugakushu has as a task to find the Japanese culture of origin.
		The central object of their study was Shintoïsme like the original religion of Japan.
	trans.voila.fr /voila?systran_lp=fr_en&systran_id=Voila-fr&systran_url=www.japononline.net/article.php?sid=299&systran_f=100000000000 (462 words)

	Links: Mythology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		This is an encyclopedia on mythology, folklore, legends, and more.
		Ancient Egypt: the Mythology is dedicated to providing the most detailed and accurate information about the gods, goddesses and religious beliefs of the ancient Egyptian people.
		Select Mythology and Religion from the menu on the left.
	www.lhs.liverpool.k12.ny.us /lhslib/libres/subjectguides/mythology.html (1769 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Literature: Myths and Folktales: Myths: Japanese (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Japanese Gods and Goddesses - Names of deities and their attributes, from Chrissy's Dojo.
		Japanese Mythology - Brief overview of Japanese deities, demons, and ghosts with art work.
		Japanese Mythology - Basic overview of Japan's deities and myths.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Literature/Myths_and_Folktales/Myths/Japanese (162 words)

	A Little Word On Japanese Mythology....
		According to Japanese mythology, their are four worlds: Reikai, the spirit world, a sort of Heaven, if you will, Ningenkai, the human world, Makai, the demon world and Meikai, which is essentially Hell.
		The premise of the Yu Yu Hakusho story is that there are gateways or portals between these worlds, namely the Makai and Ningenkai and that there are detectives, reikai tantei, employed by the Reikai to stop unauthorized crossings between the worlds.
		Unlike demons in western mythology, Japanese demons can be either good or evil depending on their mood.
	www.angelfire.com /ny/leighsanime/myth.html (604 words)

	Japanese Mythology -- Help - GFXartist.com - Served over 20,000,000 artworks
		Japanese gods to be exact, one by the name of Amatsu Mikaboshi.
		He is the Japanese god of Evil and also goes by the name 'August Star of Heaven.'
		Funny thing is I had something in mind if he happened to take the form of a beautiful woman, thanks a bunch.
	www.gfxartist.com /community/forum/97646 (499 words)

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