RELIGST 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Susanoo-No-Mikoto, Yugoslav Radio Television, Essentialism

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Religious Studies
• Course: RELIGST 2TT3
• Professor: Mark Rowe

Document Summary

Nations are formed through genealogies; past lineages form identity. Yayoi period (types of pottery) brings the agricultural period, mostly rice paddies. Indicates the age of bronze and iron tools: starts migration and trade with china and korea, social structure of japan starts (rich vs. poor) kami (gods) indicated a deity within small towns. A document of history indicates the history of the nation: establishes the yamato clan as the leader, and incorporating other clans into one clan, documents to bring when trading with other nations (intimidation, economy) Read kogiki in jrt, about the creation of japan. Izanami/izanagi dips their spear into the earth and the drops from the spear form the islands of japan. They reproduce around the heavenly pillar and they form a deformity because izanami did not do the ritual correctly.