Join Peachy Koi for another summary of a Japanese story. I cover the story of Amenoiwato, a famous story in Japanese that tells the tale of the time Amaterasu went into hiding from her brother, Susanoo. The story is filled with characters and various Gods who hatch a plan to lure Amaterasu out of hiding and back into her rightful position as ruler of the Heavens. 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

スサノオ              Susanoo - God of the sea and ocean

オモイカネ          Omoikane - a God that leads the plan to help Amaterasu

タカミムスビ       Takamimusubi

アマツラマラ       Amatsuramara - a smithing God

タマモヤ              Tamamoya - a God of jewels

フトダマ              Futodama - God of Fortune Telling

カミムスビ           Kamimusubi

アメノコヤネ       Amenokoyane - God of prayer

タジカラオ          Tajikarao 

アメノウズメ       Amenouzume - God of entertainment

Terms

アメノヤスカワ    Amenoyasukawa - A river in the heavens

アメノカグヤマ    Amenokaguyama - a place in the heavens

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.