Japanese mythology - Japanese mythology An interesting aspect of Japanese mythology is that it explains the origin of the current royal family, and gave them deity until recently, the end of the Pacific War. Mainstream Japanese myths, as generally recognized today, are based on the Kojiki and some complementary books. The Kojiki is the oldest recognized book of myths, legends, and history of Japan. The Shintoshu explains origins of Japanese deities from a Buddhism position. The Hotuma Tutaye records a substantially different version of mythology. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Introduction (1-2) 2 Creation of the world 3 Yomi, a hades (4) 4 Sun, Moon, and Wind 5 Iwayado, a cave (6-8) 6 Eight-prong dragon (9) 7 Prince Ohonamuji 7.1 Princess Yakami (11-12) 7.2 Princess Suseri (13) 7.3 Princess.
Yao - home to a general aviation airport, Yao Airport. The city was founded on April 1, 1948. External Links Official website in Japanese The Yao nationality (瑶族) are an ethnic group. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. Yao can be the transliteration of Chinese family names 姚,銚,么 etc. Yao (堯) is a king in ancient Chinese mythology. See also: Sanhuangwudi.
Kotoamatsukami - Kotoamatsukami In Japanese Shintoism, Kotoamatsukami (別天神, literally means "distinguishing heavenly kami") is the collective name for the first powers which came into existence at the time of the creation of the universe. They were born in Takamagahara, the world of Heaven at the time of the creation, as Amenominakanushi 天御中主 (Sky), Takamimusubi (High Producer), Kamimusubi (Divine Producer), and a bit later Umashiashikabihikoji (Reed) and Amenotokotachi (Heaven). These forces then became gods and goddesses, the tenzai shoshin (heavenly kami) - Ame no minakanushi no kami; Takami-musubi no ôkami; Kamimusubi no ôkami; Umashiashikabihikoji no kami; Ame no Tokotachi no kami; Kuni no Tokotachi no kami; Toyokumono no kami; Uhijini no mikoto; Suhijini no kami; Tsunokuhi no kami; Ikukuhi no kami; Ôtonoji no kami; Ôtonobe no kami; Omodaru no kami;.
Koro-pok-guru - appear in Ainu mythology. See also Ainu, Tcho-Tcho, Yamato, proto-Japanese, Kudara, Peoples of Ancient Japan.
Jomon - growing sophistication. These people also used chipped stone tools, traps, and bows and were hunters, gatherers, and skillful coastal and deep-water fishermen. They practised a rudimentary form of agriculture and lived in caves and later in groups of either temporary shallow pit dwellings or above-ground houses, leaving rich kitchen middens for modern anthropological study. By the late Jomon period, a dramatic shift had taken place according to archaeological studies. Incipient cultivation had evolved into sophisticated rice-paddy farming and government control. Many other elements of Japanese culture also may date from this period and reflect a mingled migration from the northern Asian continent and the southern Pacific areas. Among these elements are Shinto mythology, marriage customs, architectural styles, and technological developments, such as lacquerware, textiles, metalworking, and glass making. The literature of.
Incest - United States, marriage between cousins is illegal in some states, but not in others, and sociologists have classified marriage laws in the United States into to categories. One, used mainly in southern states, in which the definitions of incest are taken from the Bible, and which frowns upon marriage within ones lineage but less so on one blood relatives, and the other known which frowns more on marriage between blood relatives (such as cousins), but less on one's linage. Within the West, sexual relations between parents and their children, and between brothers and sisters are almost universially forbidden. Incest is most frequently engaged in by parents of both sexes and their children. And while it is usually perceived as an act engaged in by a father and his daughter, this is.
Ina - Ina In Polynesian mythology, Ina is a lunar deity (daughter of Kui or Vaitere) who kept an eel in a jar, but it soon grew into the eel-god, Tuna, who tried to rape her. The people of Upolo rescued her and sentenced him to death. At his request, she buried his head in the sand and from it grew the first coconut. Ina is married to Marama, the god of the night. She lives in the sky during the daytime when her husband is not visible. She makes tapa (a type of cloth made from bark) and hangs her tapa in the sky, where it is fixed with boulders. The tapa are clouds, and when they are finished, she takes them away and the boulders roll, causing thunder..
Izumo province - the regions of ancient Japan where major policital powers rose. Anciently the powerful clan of Izumo (or Idumo, second the ancient Japanese reading) constituted one be independent but during IV the century d.C. it was absorbed from the expansion of the state of Yamato , to whose inside assumed the chaste role of sacerdotal. Still today the Great Sanctuary of Izumo constitutes (together to the sanctuary of Ise ) one of the more important sacred places of the shintoismo : it is dedicated to kami the Ôkuninushi (Opo-kuni-nusi-nö-mikötö), mythical progenitore of Susanô and all the clan of Izumo. History of Japan: Politics and society in the period Yamato or Kofun: Political and social structure . IT is recorded in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters, 712) and Nihonshoki (Chronicle of Japan,.
Hare - seen "boxing"; one hare striking another with its paws. For a long time it had been thought that this was more inter-male competition, but closer observation has revealed that it is usually a female hitting a male; either to show that she is not yet quite ready to mate, or as a test of his determination. Family Lagomorpha Genus Lepus Antelope Jackrabbit, Lepus alleni Snowshoe Hare, Lepus americanus Japanese Hare, Lepus brachyurus Black-tailed Jackrabbit, Lepus californicus White-sided Jackrabbit, Lepus callotis Cape Hare, Lepus capensis Broom Hare, castrovieoi Yunan Hare, comus Korean Hare, Lepus coreanus Corsican Hare, Lepus corsicanus Savanna Hare, Lepus crawshayi European Hare, Lepus europaeus Ethiopian Hare, Lepus fagani Tehuantepec Jackrabbit, Lepus flavigularis Granada Hare, Lepus granatensis Hainan Hare, Lepus hainanus Black Jackrabbit, Lepus insularis Manchurian Hare, Lepus mandschuricus Indian.
Hell - even months. In other words they were fiery mountains of garbage. In The New Testament the word "Gehenna" refers to one such landfill, the valley of Hinnom. Hell, as it exists in the Western popular imagination, has its origins in hellenized Christianity. Judaism, at least initially, believed in Sheol, a shadowy existence to which all were sent indiscriminately. Sheol may have been little more than a poetic metaphor for death, not really an afterlife at all: see for example Sirach. In any case, the afterlife was much less important in ancient Judaism than it is for many Christian groups today; indeed, the same can be said for modern Judaism as well. The Hebrew Sheol was translated in the Septuagint as 'Hades', the name for the underworld in Greek mythology. The New.
Hercules (comics) - through outer space, where he confronts Galactus, and does battle with his father to reclaim his immortality. DC Comics In the universe of DC Comics, Hercules was used on occasion before Crisis on Infinite Earths as a foil to Superman. In these Silver Age books, Hercules usually appears as a giant, and frequently tests his strength with Samson, the Bible character, and another giant named Zha-Vam, as well as with Superman. After the reboot of the DC universe in Crisis, Heracles --- the Greek spelling --- appeared in the pages of Wonder Woman. George Pérez, putting Greek mythology at the centre of Wonder Woman's world, relates the tale of Heracles' conquest of the Amazons and his rape of Queen Hippolyta, and their revenge upon him. Heracles is punished by the Greek.
Hirohito - He was the 124th Emperor of Japan. Emperor Hirohito His reign was the longest of all Japanese emperors. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Biography 2 Divinity 3 References Biography He was born at the Aoyama Palace in Tokyo, the first son of then-Crown Prince Yoshihito and then-Crown Princess Sadako. His childhood title was Michi no miya (Prince Michi). He became heir apparent upon the death of his grandfather, the Emperor Meiji, on July 30, 1914. His formal investiture as Crown Prince took place on November 2, 1916. He attended the boys' department of Gakushuin Peer's School from 1908 to 1914 and then at a special institute for the Crown Prince (Tōgū-gogakumonsho) from 1914 to 1921. On November 29, 1921, he became regent of Japan, in place of his ailing father. In.
History of physics - celestial objects such as the Sun and the Moon. Several theories were proposed, most of them were wrong, but this is part of the nature of the scientific enterprise, and even modern theories of quantum mechanics and relativity are considered merely as "theories that haven't broken yet". Physical theories in antiquity were largely couched in philosophical terms, and rarely verified by systematic experimental testing. Typically the behaviour and nature of the world were explained by invoking the actions of gods. Around 200 BC, many Greek philosophers began to propose that the world could be understood as the result of natural processes. Many also challenged traditional ideas presented in mythology, such as the origin of the human species (anticipating the ideas of Charles Darwin), although this falls into the history of biology,.
History of Canada - massive deportation in 1755 and spread the Acadians throughout their North American holdings. While many subsequently returned, the era of francophone Nova Scotia was at and end. Canada was also an important battlefield in the Seven Years' War, during which Great Britain gained control of Quebec City after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759, and Montreal in 1760. Under the Treaty of Paris (1763) France ceded almost all of its Canadian territory to the British. Many British people (including the American colonies to the south) hoped the French Canadians would be assimilated, but distinct rules of governance for Quebec were set out in the Quebec Act of 1774. The Quebec Act expanded the territory of Quebec, which was then limited to a narrow area around the St-Lawrence river..
History of Australia since 1901 - Zealand Army Corps). In 1916 the Labor Prime Minister, Billy Hughes, decided that Australia must have conscription if the strength of Australia's forces at the front was to be maintained. The Labor Party and the trade unions were bitterly opposed to conscription, and Hughes and his followers were expelled from the party when they refused to back down. In 1916 and again in 1917 the Australian people voted against conscription in referendums. Hughes united with the Liberals to form the Nationalist Party, and remained in office until 1923, when he was succeeded by Stanley Bruce. Labor remained weak and divided through the 1920s. The new Country Party took many country voters away from Labor, and in 1923 the Country Party formed a coalition government with the Nationalists. Australia's dependence on primary.
Hotuma Tutaye - Tutaye The Hotuma Tutaye is an elaborated epic of Japanese mythical history which description is substantially different from the mainstream version. The Hotuma Tutaye is known by its beautiful text and perfect rhythm. Although many proponent allege that the origin of the Hotuma precede the mainstream mythology, the book was first published (dedicated to a shrine) in 1779. Note that the "Tutaye" is a syntactically incorrect antiquated spelling..
Huns - with their flank designations. Though apparently fleeing China from the Hua in the mid-4th century, later the Huns' Alchon component are recorded as in union with them (Varkun) against the western-most branch. By 460 the Hua had begun to take over Central Eurasia. The Yuezhi's Hephthal family had become their ruling clan in Xinjiang by 507 and sometime during his rule (507-531) the Hua, now a unit with the Choni, left under Sarosios's father to conquer the Hunnic remnants in the West, leaving their Hephthalite brethren to fend off Juan Juan advances alone and relocate their seat of power with the Indian branch. After this the Huns as a power unit disappear from history, though certain nations and noble families of Turanian origin continued to carry variations of the name into.
Giant Salamander - brooks and ponds in Japan, China and with a similar specimen in the United States. The Japanese Giant Salamander reaches 3 feet and feeds on fish and crustaceans. During mating season, these salamanders will travel upstream where, after the fertilization of the eggs, the male will guard them for at least 6 months. At this point, the offspring will live off their noticeable stored fat until ready to hunt. The giant salamander has been given a place in mythology. In one particular Asian myth, the salamander, although resembling a typical specimen, it makes its home in fires; the hotter the better. Early travellers to China were shown garments which, or so they were told, had been woven of wool from the salamander: the cloth was completely unharmed by fire. The garments.
Underworld - of the word "underworld" see Underworld (disambiguation) In the study of mythology and religion, the underworld is a generic term, referring to any place to which newly-dead souls go. See also: psychopomp. Underworld Relief Artist depiction of where dead souls go. Underworlds Aboriginal mythology Beralku Akkadian mythology Ereshkigal Nergal Buddhist mythology Neraka Celtic mythology Annwn Mag Mell Christianity Heaven Hell Limbo Purgatory Egyptian mythology Aaru Ament Duat Neter-khertet Fijian mythology Nabangatai Finnish mythology Tuonela Greek mythology Elysium Hades Tartarus Hinduism Amaravati Soma Svarga Incan mythology Uca Pacha Inuit mythology Adlivun Islam Jannah Jahannam Idonesian mythology Patal Japanese mythology Soku-no-Kumi Yomi-no-kuni Latvian mythology Aizsaule Maya mythology Metnal Mitlan Xibalba Melanesian mythology Tuma Norse mythology Helheim Oromo mythology Ekera Polynesian mythology Avaiki Bulotu Bulu Burotu Iva Lua-o-Milu Murimuria Nabangatai Nga-Atua Pulotu Rangi Tuarea.
Five - solids. Five is the answer to the question asked at the very end of the mathematics quiz show in the movie Little Man Tate. (Our young protagonist blurts out the answer, but the host mishears it as being the answer from the contestant to whom the question is posed, and declares him the winner.) Five in numbering systems In binary code five is 101 In ternary code five is 12 In quaternary numeral system code five is 11 In quinary five is 10; in senary code and all codes above (such as octal, decimal and hexadecimal) five is 5. The Roman numeral for five is V, which comes from a representation of an outstretched hand. In Greek alphabet, ε (epsilon) has numerical value of 5. In Cyrillic alphabet, Е has numerical.
