Descended from a Sun Goddess: Japan and the Shinto Religion

At the beginning of the world, only the sea existed. Using a long stick, a god and goddess – Izanagi and Izanami – began to stir up this sea which surfaced mounds of mud.  These mounds became the more than 6,800 Japanese islands spotting the Pacific Ocean. Next, the godly couple birthed three children: the…

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