Onogoro-shima
E660348
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.
Statements (43)
| 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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.