Japan and the Japanese illustrated . sexual relations ; namely—- Wou-hitsi-ni, no mikoto, and his companion, who reigned by the virtue of wood(the third clement). Oho-to-tsi, no mikoto, and his companion, who reigned by the virtue of metal. Omo-tarou, no mikoto, and liis companion, who reigned by the virtue of the earth. Lastly, Izanaghi, no mikoto, and his companion, Izanami. This second dynasty includes as many goddesses and gods, because Terrestrial aswell as Celestial Reason had equally concurred in their formation. The first of the seven celestial gods just named, Kouni-toko-tatsi, no mik
Japan and the Japanese illustrated . sexual relations ; namely—- Wou-hitsi-ni, no mikoto, and his companion, who reigned by the virtue of wood(the third clement). Oho-to-tsi, no mikoto, and his companion, who reigned by the virtue of metal. Omo-tarou, no mikoto, and liis companion, who reigned by the virtue of the earth. Lastly, Izanaghi, no mikoto, and his companion, Izanami. This second dynasty includes as many goddesses and gods, because Terrestrial aswell as Celestial Reason had equally concurred in their formation. The first of the seven celestial gods just named, Kouni-toko-tatsi, no mikoto, isthe initiator of the creation of our universe. The seven gods collectively personifythe elements of this creation. The three first generations are purely spiritual. THE CELESTIAL GODS. 57 In the last four, those of the couples of gods and goddesses, there is co-existenceof the two principles, male and female; but they only arrive at the consciousness ofthemselves in Izauaghi and Izanami, in the seventli and last TUB GOU OF LONGEVITY. The era of the celestial gods, beginning with Kouni-toko-tatsi and ending withIzanaghi aud Izanami, comprises an immeasurable duration of millions of years. 1 58 LIFE IN JAPAN. The myth of Izanaghi and Izanami refers to the creation of the habitable earth,beginning with the creation of the Emjjire of Japan. One day, while the god and the goddess were conversing together, leaning uponthe bridge of heaven, they began to speak of the possibility of the existence of alower world. In order to satisfy themselves, Let us try, said Izanaghi to hia companion, whether we may not find some submerged world in the waters which are beneathus: and he plunged into them the diamond point of his celestial javelin, and turned it
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