In the beginning there was a namelessness with the beautiful shape of an egg. It divided, and became heaven and earth. And it divided again and became male and female. These in their turn begat Izanagi and Izanami, who begat the Sun Goddess, who had a great-great-grandson named Jimmu Tenno, who descended to rule the earth.
When Jimmu got lost among the coniform hills of Japan, he conjured up a huge three-legged crow to guide him and his warriors (begat by whom, no one knows) to fruitful places. Jimmu made jars out of...
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