Shinto Creation Legend

   Details of such Creation Legends as are furnished by Shintoism are given under Koji-Ki. Their paucity may possibly be due to the necessity of casting off the myths and legends brought from the mainland by the original Japanese emigrants in order to provide support for the doctrine of the direct descent of the Mikado from Izanagi and Izanami. As the position of the Japanese militarists became affected by the western world, more and more absurdities were introduced into official Shintoism in order to bolster up the military clique. This process reached its apex in the Second World War and has since fallen off considerably. For further details See Aizen-Myoo. Amaterasu, Amida, Benten, Bimbo-Gami, Binzuku, Bishamon, Daikoku, Dainichi, Ebisu, Emma-O, Fuchi, Fudo, Fujin, Fukurokuju, Futsunushi, Hotei, In, Inari, Jikoku, Jimmu-Tenno, Jizo, Jorojin, Kagu-Tsuchi, Kishi Bojin, Komoku, Kompira, Ninigi, Onamuji, Oni, Qwannon, Raiden, Saruto-Hiko, Sengen, Shichi Fukujin, Shi-Tenno, Shoden, Susano, Taishaku, Takemikadzuchi, Tamon, Temmangu, Tengus, Tenjin, Tsukiyomi, Ukemochi, Yabune, Yatagarasu, Yo, Yomi, and Zocho. The number of gods evolved under a polytheistic system such as Shintoism ran into hundreds, and it is impossible to consider more than a few of the more important.