I could write a story about Izanagi and Izanami looking down at the roaring seas form the clouds. Contrasting the simplistic beauty of the sky to the natural power and rawness of the bellow. When the spear came up and brought forth land there was no foliage, only rock, as the two came down from their steps spouted forests. Kiss of their lips and touching fingers bought forth birds and animals. Their words made the rivers and clouds. They are not immortal though, simply long lived. Death made mortal men spring from the bones.
The Heaven-Descended
Sudden thought- what would the mind of Princesses Nether-Shining be like. First that she meet this godlike man who chose to wed her. What were those five years like for her? Were they good, prosperous? Then what must she have felt when she walked into their chambers and found him dead? Clearly, she was heartbroken- but for her was it assassination or a sign of the gods? What was the funeral like? Her reaction to later events?
Labors of Yamato
- journeyed far across the untamed land
- overcame unsailable seas with only his own self
- waited for his bride for weeks
- she got taken from him
- dressed up as a female to trick his foes
- seduced the leader of the opposing army
- only to find that his stolen bride had already rescued herself and had left for home
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| The stolen Princess by Da Congjun ArtStation |
Bibliography- The Romance of Old Japan by E.W. Champney and F. Champney: Online Source
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