Japanese mythology

Words JMdict files under Japanese mythology.

31 words.

1. 猫又 (ねこまた) nekomata
2. 天孫降臨 (てんそんこうりん) the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
3. 九頭竜 (くずりゅう) nine-headed dragon
4. 八咫烏 (やたがらす) Yatagarasu
5. 蛟 (みずち) mizuchi
6. 塗仏 (ぬりぼとけ) nuribotoke
7. ぬらりひょん nurarihyon
8. 海坊主 (うみぼうず) umibōzu
9. 因幡の白兎 (いなばのしろうさぎ) White Hare of Inaba
10. 蛟竜 (こうりょう) mizuchi
11. 国生み (くにうみ) creation of Japan (by the gods Izanagi and Izanami)
12. 大鯰 (オオナマズ) ōnamazu (giant catfish thought to cause earthquakes)
13. 五瀬命 (いつせのみこと) Itsuse no Mikoto
14. 八咫の烏 (やたのからす) Yatagarasu
15. オノゴロ島 (おのころじま) Onokoro Island (island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear)
16. 禍津日神 (まがつひのかみ) god who causes calamities
17. 葦原中国 (あしはらのなかつくに) Japan
18. 虬竜 (きゅうりょう) mizuchi
19. 始馭天下之天皇 (はつくにしらすすめらみこと) first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
20. 飛縁魔 (ひのえんま) yōkai appearing as a beautiful woman who seduces men leading them to ruin and ultimately death
21. 輪入道 (わにゅうどう) wanyūdō
22. 琵琶牧々 (びわぼくぼく) biwa-bokuboku
23. 八十禍津日神 (やそまがつひのかみ) god of evil
24. 禍津日 (まがつひ) god who causes calamities
25. ヨモツシコメ demoness inhabiting the underworld
26. 牛鬼 (うしおに) ushi-oni
27. 目目連 (もくもくれん) mokumokuren
28. 鬼熊 (おにくま) onikuma
29. 建御名方神 (たけみなかたのかみ) Takeminakata
30. 八坂刀売神 (やさかとめのかみ) Yasakatome
31. 御肇国天皇 (はつくにしらすすめらみこと) first emperor to rule the land (title of Emperor Sujin)

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