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Izanagi and Izanami were the last generation of kami and the pair said to have created the Japanese islands, 14 in all. In total, there are 12 deities chronicled during this time period.

The next stage provides an account of the kami, or gods, known as the Seven Generations of the Age of the Gods.

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Two “essences” also formed, Passive and Active, and became the ancestors of everything. Three Deities then began the process of creation.

This movement resulted in light, which remained at the top of the universe.Ī cloud of particles beneath then formed Heaven, and the particles that could not rise created the Earth. Sounds began to indicate the movement of particles throughout the vast, formless space. The Kojiki commences with the Kamiyo, or Age of the Gods, an age which begins with a lifeless, silent universe. It Begins in a Lifeless, Silent Universe… The Kojiki and Nihon Shoki comprise the creation mythology of the Japanese and the Shinto religion, describing the formation of the heavens and the earth, the islands of Japan, the gods, and the creation of mankind. As was common practice before the age of script, these tales were passed on through oral traditions-the Teiki and Kuji, among others-for generations before they were ever recorded. Japanese mythology is collectively chronicled in the Kojiki, the oldest historical record written in Japan in 712 AD, and in the Nihon Shoki written in 720.