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Myth - Japan and Southeast Asia

Japanese and Korean mythology; stories and legends from Ancient Japan and Southeast Asia.
Gods and Goddesses
Pages on individual gods and goddesses.
Ariel
Chinese, Choctaw, Comanche, Digueno, The Birth of Hawai'i, and Hindu creation myths.
The Family Tree Of Gods
Genealogy of Izanami, Izanaki, Ohyamatsumi, Amateras, Susanoh, Kusinada, Iwanagahime, Konohananosakuyahime, Hononinigi, Ohkuninushi, Toyotamabime, Hoori, Hoderi, Tamayoribime, Ugayahukiaezu, and Jinmu.
Gods of Man
Description of Japanese gods Aji-Suki-Taka-Hi-Kone, Ama-No-Uzume, Amaterasu, Amatsu Mikaboshi, Benzaiten, Bishamon, Chlmata-No-Kami, Ho-Masubi, Izanagi, Izanami, Kawa-No-Kami, Nai-No-Kami, Ninigi , O-Kuni-Nushi, Sengen-Sama, Shine-Tsu-Hiko, and Susa-No-Wo.
Japanese Creation Myth
Series of Shinto creation stories.
Japanese Mythology
The original gods and the creation of the first couple of dozen.
Umbriel
Hopi, Inuit, and Japanese creation myths.

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