# Myths & Legends of Japan

Author: Davis, F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland), 1882-1956; Paul, Evelyn, 1883-1963 [Illustrator]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45723

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Myths+%26+Legends+of+Japan+Davis&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

We are told that in the very beginning "Heaven and Earth were not yet separated, and the _In_ and _Yo_ not yet divided." This reminds us of other cosmogony stories. The _In_ and _Yo_, corresponding to the Chinese _Yang_ and _Yin_, were the male and female principles. It was more convenient for the old Japanese writers to imagine the coming into being of creation in terms not very remote from their own manner of birth. In Polynesian mythology we find pretty much the same conception, where Rangi and Papa represented Heaven and Earth, and further parallels may be found in Egyptian and other cosmogony stories. In nearly all we find the male and female principles taking a prominent, and after...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXXI: MISCELLANEOUS LEGENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II: HEROES AND WARRIORS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXII: ANIMAL LEGENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII: FLOWERS AND GARDENS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVII: LEGENDS OF THE SEA](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I: THE PERIOD OF THE GODS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII: TREES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III: THE BAMBOO-CUTTER AND THE MOON-MAIDEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV: KWANNON AND BENTEN.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIX: SUPERNATURAL BEINGS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIII: BIRD AND INSECT LEGENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXV: LEGENDS OF THE WEIRD[1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII: LEGEND IN JAPANESE ART](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV: BUDDHA LEGENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V: FOX LEGENDS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX: LEGENDS OF MOUNT FUJI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXIV: CONCERNING TEA[1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVI: THREE MAIDENS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X: BELLS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV: MIRRORS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX: KŌBŌ DAISHI, NICHIREN, AND SHŌDŌ SHONIN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII: FESTIVALS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXVIII: SUPERSTITIONS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI: JIZŌ, THE GOD OF CHILDREN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX: FANS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII: THE PEONY LANTERN[1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI: DOLLS AND BUTTERFLIES](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXI: THUNDER](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXX: THE TRANSFORMATION OF ISSUNBOSHI, AND KINTARO, THE GOLDEN](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI: YUKI-ONNA, THE LADY OF THE SNOW](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII: THE STAR LOVERS AND THE ROBE OF FEATHERS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/myths-and-legends-of-japan-45723/chapters/20/index.md)