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  2. Ancient Beringian - Wikipedia

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    Figure 2. Schematic illustration of maternal (mtDNA) gene-flow in and out of Beringia (long chronology, single source model). The Ancient Beringian (AB) is a human archaeogenetic lineage, based on the genome of an infant found at the Upward Sun River site (dubbed USR1), dated to 11,500 years ago. [1]

  3. Ame-no-Minakanushi - Wikipedia

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    The Kojiki portrays Ame-no-Minakanushi as the first god to appear in the heavenly realm of Takamagahara after the emergence of heaven and earth from the primeval chaos: . At the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami; next, Takamimusubi-no-Kami; next, Kamimusubi-no-Kami.

  4. List of Japanese deities - Wikipedia

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    Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [8]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.

  5. Japanese creation myth - Wikipedia

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    Table illustrating the kami that appeared during the creation of Heaven and Earth according to Japanese mythology.. In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth (天地開闢, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally "Creation of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.

  6. Japanese mythology - Wikipedia

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    Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, ... The word itself translate to the meaning,"whore spider". Every story commonly states, that the creature ...

  7. Takamagahara - Wikipedia

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    In Japanese mythology, Takamagahara (高天原, "Plane of High Heaven" or "High Plane of Heaven"), also read as Takaamanohara, Takamanohara, Takaamagahara, or Takaamahara, is the abode of the heavenly gods ().

  8. Kami - Wikipedia

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    Kami may, at its root, simply mean spirit, or an aspect of spirituality. It is written with the kanji 神, Sino-Japanese reading shin or jin. In Chinese, the character means deity or spirit. [8] In the Ainu language, the word kamuy refers to an animistic concept very similar to Japanese kami.

  9. Tenjin (kami) - Wikipedia

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    Japanese Look up Tenjin in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In the Shinto religion of Japan , Tenjin ( 天神 ) , also called Tenman Daijizai Tenjin ( 天満大自在天神 ) , is the patron kami (deity) of academics , scholarship , of learning , and of the intelligentsia .