The Mythology Book

219 Xuanzang is aided by Zhu Bajie and Sha Wujing, pictured here crossing a river as they approach the Great Buddha Temple, in Z ...

220 T he first heavenly deities gave Izanagi (“He who beckoned”) and Izanami (“She who beckoned”) the task of making Japan—known ...

221 Izanagi brandishes the spear to whip up brine to create Onogoro, the island home of Japan’s creator deities, in an illustrat ...

222 ALL MANNER OF CALAMITIES AROSE EVERYWHERE SUSANOO AND AMATERASU A materasu, goddess of the sun, and her younger brother Susa ...

223 stomped on the ground and demanded to know the reason for his visit. Saying that he had only come to say farewell, Susanoo s ...

224 hole through its ceiling and dropped a sacred colt that he had skinned into their midst, causing chaos. The shock made one o ...

225 The Imperial Regalia of Japan, also known as the three sacred treasures, were passed from Amaterasu’s grandson to the Empero ...

226 YOUR RICE OF THE SKYWORLD IS GOOD FIRE AND RICE T he story of Wigan and his brother Kabigat is a founding myth of the Ifaguo ...

227 The Ifugao rice terraces in the mountains of Luzon were built 2,000 years ago. Watered by intricate irrigation systems, they ...

228 THERE WAS A MAN CALLED DAN’GUN WANGGEOM WHO CREATED A CITY AND FOUNDED A NATION THE LEGENDARY FOUNDATION OF KOREA O ne of th ...

229 See also: The founding of Athens 56–57 ■ The founding of Rome 102–05 ■ Izanagi and Izanami 220–21 ■ Jumong 230–31 ASIA He ar ...

230 T he myth of Jumong, the Holy King of the East, can be traced back to the foundation of the kingdom of Koguryo, one of the T ...

231 Hae Mosu descends from heaven in a golden carriage pulled by five dragons. Hae Mosu died before he was able to see his son, ...

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T he first humans to settle in the Americas were the Paleo-Indians, who crossed into North America from Asia about 22,000 years ...

Edward W. Nelson collects over 10,000 artifacts to write The Eskimo about Bering Straight. James Mooney’s Myths of the Cherokee ...

236 N ative American creation myths typically entwine the natural and spiritual worlds, often endowing godlike attributes to ani ...

THE AMERICAS 237 See also: Creation 18–23 ■ Creation of the world by Pangu 214–15 ■ San creation myth 284 ■ The dreaming 302–07 ...

238 M any of the southwestern tribes of the United States, such as the Hopi, the Keres, the Choctaw, and the Navajo, all share s ...