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| | Shinbutsudo: A Web Page for the Study of Japanese Religions |
 | | The latter deities, a brother and sister, received from their superiors the sacred mandate to descend from heaven to the terrestrial world, where they were to generate and form an entire new realm of beings. |
 | | One version states that the two high gods, after having created the islands of Japan with their plentiful mountains, rivers, and lush plant life, consulted together and decided that this new realm required a set of rulers to preside over it. |
 | | Tsukiyomi no Mikoto, ruler of the night, is represented in the Nihongi as clad in mystical garments of gorgeous colors: “His radiance was next to that of the sun in splendor. |
| www.uwec.edu /philrel/shimbutsudo/tsukiyomi.html (1134 words) |
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