The Palace of
Japanese Myth

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The First Volume

01. Preface

1) The Ancient Traditional Fact
2) The Plan of Kojiki
3) The Offering of Kojiki

02. Izanaki and Izanami

1) The Beginning of the World
2) The Island of Onogoro
3) The Marriage of Two Deities
4) The Land of Eight Great Islands
5) The Birth of the Various Deities
6) The Killing of the Fire Deity
7) The Visit to the Land of Yomi
8) The Rite of Purification
9) The Dividing Up Three Domains

03. Amaterasu and Susanowo

1) The Quake of All the World
2) The Exchange to Prove Purity
3) The Outrage by Susanowo
4) The Sun-Goddess Concealed Herself into the Cavern
5) The Origin of Five Cereals
6) The Monster Serpent with Eight Heads and Tails
7) The Palace of Suga
8) The Genealogy of Susanowo

04. Ohokuninushi

1) The White Hare of Inaba
2) The Persecution by Brothers
3) The Visit to the Underground
4) The Poems of Courtship
5) The Jealous Queen Consort
6) The Genealogy of Ohokuninushi
7) The Little Deity
8) The Deity of Mt.Mimoro
9) The Genealogy of Ohotoshi

05. The Subjection of Earth

1) The Dispatch of Hohi
2) The Dispatch of Wakahiko
3) The Funeral of Wakahiko
4) The Dispatch of Takemikadzuchi
5) The Surrender of Idzumo

06. Hononinigi

1) The Heavenly Grandchild
2) The Deity of the Guide
3) The Descent from Heaven
4) The Drowning Deity
5) The Blossom and the Rock

07. Howori

1) The Fisherman and the Hunter
2) The Palace of the Sea Deity
3) The Revenge on His Brother
4) The Closed Way to the Sea

The Second Volume

The Third Volume

The Genealogy (Kojiki)