# Japanese Mythology

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Category: Mythology
Slides: 31
Updated: 2026-05-15T22:18:52.229Z
Tags: mythology, japanese

## Summary

A native cosmology of place and ancestry — kami in everything — overlaid by 1,500 years of Buddhism and Confucianism, written down in two 8th-century imperial chronicles, and visible everywhere in modern Japanese culture from Studio Ghibli to the new emperor's enthronement rite. Key sections include: Japanese Mythology.; Opening 序 What Japanese mythology is.; Chapter I 古 The Kojiki.; Chapter II 紀 The Nihon Shoki.; Chapter III 創 Izanagi and Izanami.; Chapter IV 黄 Izanagi in Yomi.; Chapter V 天 Amaterasu.; Chapter VI 須 Susano-o.; Chapter VII 蛇 Yamata-no-Orochi.; Chapter VIII 出 The Izumo cycle..

## Slide Outline

1. Japanese Mythology.
2. Opening 序 What Japanese mythology is.
3. Chapter I 古 The Kojiki.
4. Chapter II 紀 The Nihon Shoki.
5. Chapter III 創 Izanagi and Izanami.
6. Chapter IV 黄 Izanagi in Yomi.
7. Chapter V 天 Amaterasu.
8. Chapter VI 須 Susano-o.
9. Chapter VII 蛇 Yamata-no-Orochi.
10. Chapter VIII 出 The Izumo cycle.
11. Chapter IX 降 The descent of Ninigi.
12. Chapter X 神 Kami.
13. Chapter XI 道 Shinto.
14. Chapter XII 社 The shrines.
15. Chapter XIII 仏 Shinto and Buddhism.
16. Chapter XIV 妖 Yōkai.
17. Chapter XV 百 The night procession of a hundred demons.
18. Chapter XVI 武 Heroes and demigods.
19. Chapter XVII 幡 Hachiman.
20. Chapter XVIII 稲 Inari and the foxes.
21. Chapter XIX 祭 Matsuri.
22. Chapter XX 国 State Shinto and after.
23. Chapter XXI 代 Mythology in modern culture.
24. Chapter XXII 較 What Japanese mythology lacks.
25. Chapter XXIII 読 Twenty-five works.
26. Chapter XXIV 観 Watch & read.
27. Chapter XXV 入 If you want to read in.
28. Chapter XXVI 為 Why it matters.
29. Chapter XXVII 問 Open questions.
30. Chapter XXVIII 終 Last word.
31. The end of the deck.

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