In this episode, I talk about Susanoo and Amaterasu's first major interaction. This story focuses mostly around Susanoo and his impetuous behavior as depicted in his first major appearance in mythology. However, Susanoo is portrayed as many things, which we will see in coming weeks. Included below is a list of names of Gods and Japanese terms that have appeared in this podcast as well as references to the works that I used to help make this podcast available to you. The works are in Japanese, but if you can read Japanese and would like to support the original authors, I highly recommend doing so! If you would like to get into contact with me with just a comment or question, feel free to reach out to me at [email protected] or https://anchor.fm/peachykoi . I will consider some social media options in the future! 

List of God Names 

イザナギ              Izanagi 

イザナミ              Izanami 

アマテラス           Amaterasu - Goddess of the sun 

ツクヨミ              Tsukuyomi - God of the moon 

スサノオ               Susanoo - God of the sea and ocean 

アメノマナイ        Amenomani - A well in the heavens 

Terms 

古事記                  Kojiki - "The book of ancient matters" - Commissioned by Empress Genmei in the early 700's and contains the original stories. 日本書記               Nihon Shoki - Another alternative depiction of Japanese mythology.  Book list 日本の神話 Matsutani, M. (2001). Nihon no shinwa 

(3rd ed.). Tokyo: Norashoten. 現代語古事記 Takeda, T. (2011). Gendaigokojiki. Tokyo: Gakkennpurasu.