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Japanese
Mythology
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Japanese were NOT THE ORIGINAL inhabitants of the place.MONGOLOID people invaded these islands and brought their Shinto religion with them.
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China influenced
Japan: religion, literature and
arts.KOJIKI and
NIHON SHOKI are the major
sources of Japanese
Mythology.
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AMATERASU myth is part of the Shinto religious tradition.It reflects the importance of the role of WOMEN in early
JAPANESE LIFE.It also reflects the Shinto
interest in FERTILITY AND RITUALS ASSOCIATED WITH
IT.
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The optimistic view of nature was supported by the
abundance of PLANT LIFE, WILD ANIMALS, AND FISH in
Japan.
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Ok! Lets go to the story…
The Myth of Amatera
su
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AINU PEOPLE were first to arrive in the land of Japan
before the Mongoloid people. Lived in the River valley, had
abundant food supply
to feed their small population.
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They settled in the island of Hokkaido.
When Japanese people
invaded their land, they
cleared land forests and took over the land.
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They became MIGRANT FARM WORKERS.
They had a superb command of oral traditions. They have
produced numerous of them and one of them is
Kotan Utunnai.
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Kotan Utunnai is…
…an unusual adventure
story.… a blending of the divine
with the human
(surprise, magic and mystery).…having a
human hero possessing god-like power.
…simple.
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It reminds us of how similar human beings are to one
another… need to prove their excellence and to acquire fame
that the characters in other major epics have.
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The major characters possess courage, affection,
loyalty,and perseverance.
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Men and women are equal since they have both great
power and skills.
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Ladies and Gentlemen!!!
Kotan Utunnai
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The Myth of
New Zealand
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Ancestors of Polynesian people originated in Asia.
One group of the Polynesians first inhabited New Zealand
(Aotearoa – long white cloud and themselves – Maori – a
person of themselves)
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Maori mythology shows little Christian influence.
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Maori Creation Myth
nonbeing
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thought
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creation of the universe
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human beings
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It focuses more on the relationship between man and
nature.
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Welcome to the
The Creation Cycle
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The Myth of
Hawaii
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Same background as the Mauris.
Hawaiian Islands was divided into social classes.
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Chiefs and royalty
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Priests
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Common people
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slaves
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Life for Polynesians are easy. Bards sang or recited
poetic stories.
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They worshipped nature gods
who are important in
their legendary
history. The gods are
often depicted as chiefs who
live in distant lands or in the
heavens.
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In Hawaiian Mythology, divine
power flows from the gods to their human
relatives
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Under the direction of
the Christian missionaries, the Hawaiian
chiefs discarded
their native religion and
adapted Christianity.
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The Legends and Myths of Hawaii
by His Hawaiian Majesty King David Kalakuya.
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Series of books and articlesby William Drake
Westervelt.
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His first book, Legends of Ma-ui (1910), tells
the myth of Maui’s capture of the sun and
also includes Polynesian
sources of the tale from such
islands as Samoa and New
Zealand.
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“The Taming of the Sun”is another of the demigod Maui’s great deeds and it
provides an accurate depiction of this trickster-
hero at work.
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Maui has both divine and human relatives.
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A hero saving the world from a great
threat.
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The Taming of the Sun
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