Identifier: cu31924023266855 (find matches)
Title: Green willow and other Japanese fairy tales
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: James, Grace Goble, Warwick
Subjects: Tales, Japanese
Publisher: London : Macmillan
Contributing Library: Cornell University Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e ether, the vital essence, and the greatconcourse of eternal deities, there issued forth theheavenly pair—Izanagi, His Augustness, the Lordof Invitation, and with him, Izanami, Her August-ness, the Lady of Invitation. Together they stood upon the Floating Bridgeof High Heaven, and they looked down to wherethe mists swirled in confusion beneath their feet.For to them had been given power and command-ment to make, consolidate and give birth to thedrifting lands. And to this end the august powershad granted them a heavenly jewelled spear. Andthe two deities, standing upon the Floating Bridgeof Heaven, lowered the jewelled spear head-firstinto chaos, so that the mists were divided. And, asthey waited, the brine dripped from the jewelsupon the spear-head, and there was formed anisland. This is the island of Onogoro. And His Augustness, the Lord of Invitation,took by the hand Her Augustness, the Lady ofInvitation, his lovely Younger Sister, and together 180 THE LAND OF YOMI Face page 180
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xxin THE LAND OF YOMI they descended to the island that was created.And they made the islands of Japan ; the land ofIyo, which is called Lovely Princess ; the land ofToyo, which is called Luxuriant Sun Youth ; theland of Sanuki, which is called Good Prince BoiledRice ; and Great Yamato, the Luxuriant Island ofthe Dragon Fly ; and many more, of which to tellwere weariness. Furthermore, they gave birth to many myriadsof deities to rule over the earth, and the air, andthe deep sea; and for every season there weredeities, and every place was sacred, for the deitieswere like the needles of the pine trees in number. Now, when the time came for the Fire God,Kagu-Tsuchi, to be born, his mother, the LadyIzanami, was burned, and suffered a change ; andshe laid herself upon the ground. Then Izanagi,the Prince who Invites, asked, What is it thathas come to thee, my lovely Younger Sister ? And she answered, weeping, The time ofmy departure draws near ... I go to the landof Yomi. And His Augustness

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