Search Sacred-texts: TOP SEARCHES. This song is a land-regretting song. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). Section LXXXIX. It is only that when the Great August deity our father spoke, deigning to inquire the cause of my wailing and weeping, I said: 'I wail because I wish to go to my deceased mother's land' -- whereupon the Great-August deity said: 'Thou shalt not dwell in this land,' and deigned to expel me with a divine expulsion. Kwaidan being a woman, I have no man except thee; I have no spouse except thee. Then the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder said: "If that be so, with reverence will we offer her to thee." Last Updated: Article History Table of Contents Kojiki, (Japanese: "Records of Ancient Matters"), together with the Nihon shoki ( q.v. the "Kami" is the name for the sacred text of the Shinto tradition. The series of texts translated at the instigation of the Sacred Literature Trust will make the world's heritage of spiritual and ethical insights available to a much wider audience. Moreover, I will discuss it particularly with the deities of Hades. So that land is called by the name of Adzuma. Animism and other themes. It happened that at this time his august hair was bound at the brow. the pity that the birds should sing! "Then the Heavenly-Alarming-Female spoke, saving: "We rejoice and are glad because there is a deity more illustrious than Thine Augustness." So seven days afterward the Empress's august comb drifted on to the sea-beach - which comb was forthwith taken and placed in an august mausoleum which was made. Though I slay it not now, I will slay it when I return"-- and so saying, ascended. that I should have exchanged thee for this single child! " Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation that eightfold fence.". Kogoshui: Gleanings from Ancient Stories Section LXVIII.Emperor S-jin (Part VI.His Age and Place of Burial). ), Section CXVI.Emperor -jin (Part XIII.The Youth-of-the-Glow-on-the-Autumn-Mountains and the Youth-of-the-Haze-on-the-Spring-Mountains), Section CXVII.Emperor -jin (Part XVI.Genealogies), Section CXVIII.Emperor -jin (Part XV.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXIX.Emperor Nin-toku (Part I.Genealogies), Section CXX: Emperor Nin-toku (Part II.Various Deeds), Section CXXI.Emperor Nin-toku [Part III.He Remits the Taxes), Section CXXII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part IV.He Loves Princess Kuro), Section CXXIII. Then a courier was dispatched to the Heavenly Sovereign. The name of the deity that was born from the august hat which he next threw down was the deity Master-of-the-Open-Mouth. Sacred Texts Shinto Buy this Book at Amazon.com The Emergence of Amaterasu (Public Domain Image) The Kojiki translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain [1919] Contents Start Reading Page Index Text [Zipped] The Kojiki is one of the two primary sources for Shinto, the Japanese national religion. national religion. approximately.. Shintoism is an animist and polytheistic religion and has no official founder or sacred text. So, on my doing as they had instructed me, my whole body was hurt." Conspiracy of King Saho-biko and the Empress Saho-bime), Section LXXI.Emperor Sui-nin (Part III.Birth of Prince Homu-chi-wake and Death of the Conspirators), Section LXXII.Emperor Sui-nin (Part IV.The Dumb Prince Homu-chi-wake), Section LXXIII. So they made an august mausoleum there, and laid Yamato-take to rest. The feathers of the arrow were brought in their months by all the mouse's children. Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. The old man answered, saving: " Its eyes are like akakagachi, it has one body with eight heads and eight tails. Forthwith that august mausoleum was called by. Various Deeds. These are called divine words. I. They ascended forthwith to Heaven and inquired of Their Augustnesses the Heavenly deities. See Site copyrights, Terms of Service for more information. Next, they gave birth to the deity of Trees, whose name is deity Stem-Elder; next, they gave birth to the deity of Mountains, whose name is the deity Great-Mountain-Possessor. The Book of Tea the lands that I and thou made are not yet finished making; so come back! " THE AUGUST RAVAGES OF HIS-IMPETUOUS-MALE-AUGUSTNESS. This is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Idzumo, of the rulers of the land of Muzashi, of the rulers of the upper land of Unakami, of the rulers of the lower land of Unakami, of the rulers of the land of lzhimu, of the departmental suzerains of the Island of Tsu and of the rulers of the land of Tobo-tsu-Afumi. Then he deigned to ask: "Who are ye?" So the great deity the Male-Who-Invites dwells at Taga in Afumi. Also make a fence round about, in that fence make eight gates, at each gate tie together eight platforms, on each platform put a liquor-vat, and into each vat pour the eightfold refined liquor, and wait." Buy Disk Section XLV.Emperor Jim-mu (Part II.The Cross-Sword Sent Down From Heaven). Section XC.Emperor Kei-k (Part XV.Yamato-take Turns into a White Bird), Section XCI.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVI.Yamato-Take's Butler), Section XCII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVII.Yamato-take's Descendants), Section XCIII.Emperor Kei-k (Part XVIII. Hearing that you two fellows, the Kumaso bravoes, were unsubmissive and disrespectful, the Heavenly Sovereign sent me with the command to take and slay you." These three deities were all deities born alone, and hid their persons. Hereupon, when presenting to him the great august food, Princess Miyazu lifted up a great liquor-cup and presented it to him. The name of the deity that was next born from his right foot was the deity Possessor-of-the-Outer--Mountains. It is only that he wishes to wrest my land from me." THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . Hereupon the voices of the myriad deities were like unto the flies in the fifth moon as they swarmed, and a myriad portents of woe all arose. When this great deity, first built the palace of Suga, clouds rose up thence. I have eaten of the furnace of Hades. It can take place in the home or in shrines. THE KOJIKI -one of the two primary sources for Shinto -starts in the realm of myth, with the creation of Japan from foam Kojiki, (Japanese: Records of Ancient Matters), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v. Next they gave birth to the Island of Iki, another name for which is Heaven's One-Pillar. YAMATO-TAKE SLAYS THE DEITY OF THE ASHIGARA PASS. Thereupon, while he stood knowing no place of exit, a mouse came and said: " The inside is hollow-hollow; the outside is narrow-narrow." So that place was called by the name of Tagi. So the bare did as it was instructed, and its body became as it bad been originally. Emperor Nin-toku Part V.The Empress Retires to Yamashiro), Section CXXIV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VI.He Follows the Empress into Yamashiro), Section CXXV.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.He Loves Yata-no-waki-iratsume), Section CXXVI.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Death of King Hayabusa-Wake and Queen Medori), Section CXXVII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part VIII.Queen Medori's Armlet), Section CXXVIII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part IX.A Wild-Goose Lays an Egg), Section CXXIX:Emperor Nin-toku (Part X.A Vessel Is Made Into A Lute), Section CXXX.Emperor Nin-toku (Part XI.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXI.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part I.Genealogies), Section CXXXII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part II.He is Taken to Iso-no-kami), Section CXXXIII.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part III.His Rebellious Brother and the Latter's Retainer Sobakari Are Slain), Section CXXXIV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part IV.Various Deeds), Section CXXXV.Emperor Ri-chiu (Part V.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXXXVII.Emperor In-giy (Part IGenealogies), Section CXXXVIII.Emperor In-giy (Part II.His Sickness is Cured by a Korean Physician), Section CXXXIX.Emperor In-giy (Part III. (This creature transformed into a white boar was not a messenger from the deity, but the very deity in person. The name of the deity that was born from the august girdle which he next threw down was the deity Road-Long-Space. Although all Shinto worship and ritual takes place . So His Augustness the Deity-Producing-Wondrous-Ancestor caused them to be taken and used as seeds. Descend back again and amend your words." Omissions? The names of the deities given birth to by these two deities, the deity Great-Mountain-Possessor and the deity, Moor-Elder from their separate dominions of mountain and moor were: the deity Heavenly-Elder-of-the Passes; next, the deity Earthly-Elder-of-the-Passes; next, the deity Heavenly-Pass-Boundary; next, the deity Earthly-Pass-Boundary; next, the deity Heavenly-Dark-Door; next, the deity Earthly-Dark-Door next, the deity Great-Vale-Prince; next, the deity Great-Vale-Princess. TRUE. Without having yet untied even the cord of my sword, without having yet untied even my veil, I push back the plank-door shut by the maiden; while I am standing here, I pull it forward. its connection to the Japanese world-view as a whole. Although there is no single text that is accepted as authoritative by all schools of Shint thought, some books are considered invaluable as records of ancient beliefs and ritual; they are generally grouped together as shinten. translated by George William Knox [1892] So thereupon His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness said: if that be so I will take leave of the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, and depart." The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and Thine Augustness my spouse like the young herbal The tradition of the thing, too, this!". So he buried the divinely retired deity the Female-Who-Invites on Mount Hiba, at the boundary of the Land of Idzumo and the Land of Hahaki. by Arthur Lloyd [1911] Again he begged food of the deity Princess-of-Great-Food. This is called the Norito or Kojiki, which is a book of prayers from each said group/family. shinto is not focused on life after death but life in this. Open Source for the Human Soul. (the Hyakunin-isshu), translated by William N. Porter [1909] This page has been archived and is no longer updated. An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. Answer (1 of 2): "Shinto" is a term which coalesced relatively recently (within the last 100-200 years) to collect or contain what had previously been (and remains, to a certain extent) separate sites, beliefs, and practices connected to sites and communities all across Japan. Thereupon his Empresses and likewise his august children, who dwelt in Yamato, all went down and built an august mausoleum, and, forthwith crawling hither and thither in the rice fields encompassing the mausoleum, sobbed out a song, saying: The Dioscorea quinqueloba crawling hither and thither among the among the rice-stubble in the rice-fields encompassing the Mausoleum..". If thou, single pine-tree! Sacred Writings - Shintoism Two central texts are revered by every Shinto religious group: 1. Basil Hall Chamberlain, tr. So His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, at once taking and changing, the young girl into a multitudinous and close-toothed comb which he stuck into his august hair-bunch, said to the deities Foot-Stroking-Elder and Hand-Stroking-Elder: " Do you distil some eightfold refined liquor. They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. On arriving at the single pine-tree on Cape Wotsu, an august sword, which he had forgotten at that place before when augustly eating, was still there, not lost. ", "Let those whose life may be complete stick in their hair as a headdress the leaves of the bear-oak from Mount Heguri -those children!". Then she sent him swiftly off to the august place of the deity Great-House-Prince in the land of Ki. Her father the great deity, thinking that the deity Great-Name-Possessor was already dead and done for, went out and stood on the moor, whereupon the deity Great-Name-Possessor brought the arrow and presented it to him, upon which the great deity, taking him into the house and calling him into an eight-foot spaced large room, made him take the lice off his head. Therefore Yamato-take praised the old man, and forthwith bestowed on him the rulership of the Eastern lands. Then he made an august song. A shrine ( jinja) is a sacred place where kami live, and which show the power and nature of the kami. Shinto shrines (, jinja) are places of worship and the dwellings of the kami, the Shinto "gods". Shintoism (or simply 'Shinto') is an ancient religion of Japan. So the Great August deity the Male-Who-Invites said to His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness: "How is it that, instead of ruling the land with which I charged thee, thou dost wail and weep?" When he departed thence and reached the moor of Nobe, he regretting his native land, sang, saying: "As for Yamato, the most secluded of land - Yamato, retired behind Mount Awogaki encompassing it with its folds, is delightful. The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted in her august head-dress, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Heaven. He Rectifies the People's Names), Section CXI. So having thus extirpated the bravoes and made the land orderly, he went up to the capital and made his report to the Heavenly Sovereign. Then he sang augustly, saying: "Alas that the sword girded on the Idzumo bravo, and wound round with many a creeper, should have had no true blade!". Thereupon it was intoxicated with drinking, and all the heads lay down and slept. from the Heike Monogatari, retold by Ridgely Torrence [1935]. Buddhism, These three Ocean-Possessing deities are the deities held in reverence as their ancestral-deities by the Chiefs of Adzumi. So having taken and broken off one of the end-teeth of the multitudinous and close-toothed comb stuck in the august left bunch of his hair, he lit one light and went in and looked. Preparations for the Conquest of Korea), Section XCVIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IV.The Empress Jin-g Conquers Korea), Section XCIX.Emperor Chi-ai (Part V.The Empress Jin-g Fishes in Tsukushi), Section C.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VI.The Empress Jin-g Subdues Yamato), Section CI.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Heir Apparent Exchanges Names with the Great Deity Izasa-Wake), Section CII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Empress Jin-g Presents Liquor to the Heir Apparent), Section CIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IX.His Death and that of the Empress Jin-g), Section CIV.Emperor -jin (Part 1.Genealogies), Section CV.Emperor -jin (Part II.He Divides the Inheritance Between His Three Sons), Section CVI.Emperor -jin (Part III.He Wooes Princess Miya-nushi-ya-kaha-ye), Section CVII.Emperor -jin (Part IV.He Grants Princess Kaminaga to His Son Oho-Sazaki), Section CVIII.Emperor -jin (Part V.Songs of the Territorial Owners of Yeshinu), Section CIX.Emperor -jin (Part VI.Various Deeds), Section CX.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.Tribute From Korea), Section CXI.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.The Emperor Intoxicated), Section CXII.Emperor -jin (Part IX.Troubles Which Followed His Decease), Section CXIII.Emperor -jin (Part X.Princes Oho-sazaki And Uji-no-waki-iratsuko Cede the Empire to Each Other), Section CXIV.Emperor -jin (Part XI.Ama-no-hi-boko Crosses Over to Japan), Section CXV.Emperor -jin (Part XII.Descendants of Ama-no-hi-boko, and Treasures Brought by Him. RETIREMENT OF HER AUGUSTNESS THE PRINCESS-WHO-INVITES, Through giving birth to this child her august private parts were burned, and she sickened and lay down. Omissions? So when from the palace she raised the door and came out to meet him, His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites spoke, saying: "Thine Augustness, my lovelv younger sister! The Creed of Half Japan Hereupon he said: "As for the deity of this mountain, I will simply take him empty-handed"-- and was ascending the mountain, when there met him on the mountainside a white boar whose size was like unto that of a bull. The name of the deity that was born from the august trousers which be next threw down was the Road-Fork deity. The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted in the right august bunch of her hair, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Ame-no-hohi. All the eight deities in the above list, from the deity Rock-Splitter to the deity Kura-mitsuha, are deities that were born from the august sword. He replied, saying: "I have been at that trouble." Complete etext of the Kojiki, Chamberlain tr. Then his Empress, taking a great august liquor-cup, and drawing near and offering it to him, sang, saying: "Oh I Thine Augustness the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears! The name of "Land-of-the-Eight-Great-Islands" therefore originated in these eight islands having been born first. The dates are very significant, since by the 8th century, when they were compiled, Japanese religious life had received considerable input from Buddhism and Confucianism, both of which coloured the contents of these books. by Suematsu Kencho [1900] In this manner each day a thousand people would surely be born." not otherwise copyrighted are copyright 2023, The Kojiki BBC 2014 The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Thereupon, as his wife gave to her husband berries of the muku tree and red earth, he chewed the berries to pieces, and spat them out with the red earth which he held in his mouth, so that the great deity believed him to be chewing up and spitting out the centipedes, and, feeling fond of him in his heart, fell asleep. The names of the deities that were born from the bracelet of his august left hand which he next threw down were the deity Offing-Distant, next, the deity Wash-Prince-of-the-Offing; next, the deity Intermediate-Direction-of-the-offing. This means that a person's soul goes through a cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth. Then the deity Great-Name-Possessor, grasping the great deity's hair, tied it fast to the various rafters of the house, and, blocking up the floor of the house with a five-hundred draught rock, and taking his wife the Forward-Princess on his back, then carried off the great deity's great life-sword and life-bow-and-arrows, as also his heavenly speaking-lute, and ran out. So he drew a thousand-draught rock, and with it blocked up the Even-Pass-of-Hades, and placed the rock in the middle; and they stood opposite to one another and exchanged leave-takings ; and Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites said: "My lovely elder brother, thine Augustness! Be thou the one to take the trouble to teach him his duty." As for the seed of the three female deities born first, their birth was from a thing of thine; so doubtless they are thy children." Hereby shall we know whether it or my tribe is the larger.' One of the reasons that sakaki trees are considered sacred in Shinto has to do with the fact that they are evergreens and therefore symbolic of immortality. So, mounting to the top of the pass, he sighed three times and spoke, saying: " Adzuma ha ya!" Then the Heavenly Sovereign deigned to ask His Augustness Wo-usu, saying: "Why is thine elder brother so long of coming? PART III. An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. And she forthwith, unbinding her august hair, twisted it into august bunches; and both into the left and into the right august bunch, as likewise into her august head-dress and likewise on to her left and her right august arm, she twisted an augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long, of five hundred jewels, and, slinging on her back a quiver holding a thousand arrows, and adding thereto a quiver holding five hundred arrows, she likewise took and slung at her side a mighty and high sounding elbow-pad, and brandished and stuck her bow upright so that the top shook, and she stamped her feet into the hard ground up to her opposing thighs, kicking away the earth like rotten snow, and stood valiantly like unto a mighty man, and, waiting, asked: "Wherefore ascendest thou hither?" better results, and managed to complete the proof. Though thou say that thou wilt not weep - if like the Rocking birds, I flock and depart, if, like the led birds, I am led away and depart, thou wilt hang down thy head like a single eulalia upon the mountain and thy weeping shall indeed rise an the mist of the morning shower. Again he sang, saying: "How sweet! what a fair and lovely youth! " The name of the deity that was next born as he washed his august nose was His Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness. Shinto is an optimistic faith, as humans are thought to be fundamentally good, and evil is believed to be caused by evil spirits. So His Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, thinking that there must be people at the head-waters of the river, went up it in quest of them, when he came upon an old man and an old woman - two of them - who had a young girl between them, and were weeping. 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