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Word: izanagi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1940
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...beginning there was a namelessness with the beautiful shape of an egg. It divided, and became heaven and earth. And it divided again and became male and female. These in their turn begat Izanagi and Izanami, who begat the Sun Goddess, who had a great-great-grandson named Jimmu Tenno, who descended to rule the earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Eight Directions, One Sky | 11/18/1940 | See Source »

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