⛩️ Kojiki (古事記)
Japan's oldest extant chronicle (712 CE), containing creation myths, divine genealogies, and the Age of the Gods. Translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain (1882, public domain)
12 chapters · 42 verses · Japanese + English · Shinto
Chapters
Chapter 1: Section I - The Beginning of Heaven and Earth
Shinto creation myth and early Japanese history
Chapter 2: Section II - The Seven Divine Generations
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Chapter 3: Section III - The Island of Onogoro
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Chapter 4: Section IV - Courtship of the Deities
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Chapter 5: Section V - Birth of the Islands
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Chapter 6: Section VI - Birth of the Deities of Nature
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Chapter 7: Section VII - Retirement of Izanami
Shinto creation myth and early Japanese history
Chapter 8: Section VIII - The Land of Yomi
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Chapter 9: Section IX - The Purification of Izanagi
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Chapter 10: Section X - The Weeping of Susanoo
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Chapter 11: Section XI - Amaterasu and Susanoo
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Chapter 12: Section XII - The Cave of Heaven
Shinto creation myth and early Japanese history