⛩️ Section III - The Island of Onogoro
Shinto creation myth and early Japanese history
Verses
Verse 1
Hereupon all the Heavenly Deities commanded the two Deities His Augustness Izanagi and Her Augustness Izanami, ordering them to make, consolidate, and give birth to this drifting land.
The heavenly gods command Izanagi and Izanami to create the land.
Verse 2
Granting to them a heavenly jewelled spear, they deigned to charge them. So the two Deities, standing upon the Floating Bridge of Heaven, pushed down the jewelled spear and stirred with it.
Standing on the Floating Bridge of Heaven, they stir the ocean with a jewelled spear.
Verse 3
Whereupon, when they had stirred the brine till it went curdled and drew the spear up, the brine that dripped down from the end of the spear was piled up and became an island. This is the Island of Onogoro.
The brine dripping from the spear piles up to form Onogoro Island.

