Onogoro-shima

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Onogoro-shima is the mythical first island of the Japanese archipelago in Shinto cosmology, formed by the deities Izanagi and Izanami as the birthplace of the land.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf first island of the Japanese archipelago
location in Shinto mythology
mythical island
appearsIn Kojiki NERFINISHED
Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED
associatedDeity Izanagi NERFINISHED
Izanami NERFINISHED
associatedWithConcept primordial island
sacred land
cosmicStatus first solid land
cosmologicalRole birthplace of the land
cosmology Shinto cosmology
createdWithTool Ame-no-nuboko (heavenly jeweled spear)
creationMethod churning of the primordial sea
culture Japanese
formedBy Izanagi NERFINISHED
Izanami NERFINISHED
hasNarrativeEvent birth of subsequent islands of Japan
solidification of brine dripping from heavenly spear
union of creator deities
hasPalace Yahiro-dono (eight-fathom palace)
hasTheme creation of land from chaos
hasType mythic geography
influencedBy early Japanese oral tradition
languageOfName Japanese
mythicFunction place where Izanagi and Izanami built their palace
place where Izanagi and Izanami performed marriage ritual
site of descent of creator deities
mythicStatus foundational place in Shinto creation story
mythologicalCycle Japanese creation myth
ontologicalStatus mythological, not historical
originContext Japanese mythological cosmogony
partOf Japanese archipelago (mythological) NERFINISHED
recordedIn 8th-century Japanese chronicles
regionInMyth primeval ocean
relatedConcept Kamiyo (Age of the Gods) NERFINISHED
Kuniumi (birth of the land) NERFINISHED
religion Shinto
religiousTradition Japanese indigenous religion
roleInMyth starting point for creation of other islands
symbolism axis between heaven and earth
origin point of the Japanese islands
veneratedIn Shinto narrative tradition

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Izanagi created Onogoro-shima