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Ōyashima |
Literally, "Great Eight Islands," it actually means "Great Myriad Islands," and is another name for Japan. The word is also an abbreviation of Ōyashima no kuni, or the "Great Country of Myriad Islands." According to the legends in Kojiki and Nihon... |
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Ōyashimaguni |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Great-Eight-Island-Land," a poetic epithet for Japan noted in the early classics Kojiki and Nihongi . According to Kojiki , when Izanagi and Izanami stood on the floating bridge of heaven and dipped down the heavenly spear, the foam that dripped fro... |
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Ōyatsuhime, Tsumatsuhime |
[Ōyatsuhime no mikoto.Tsumatsuhime no mikoto] (Nihongi) The daughters of Susanoo, and tutelaries of wood production. According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , when Susanoo was in the land of Karakuni (Korea), he plucked out his own body hair and tra... |
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