Excerpt from Stories About Japan<br><br>In order to have some spot on which to rest while carrying out their purpose, one Of them, the husband, thrust a spear down from heaven into the sea. AS he drew it up, the drops which fell from it hardened and became an island; and on this the sun-born pair descended. And in due course the eight most important islands of Japan might have been seen raising their heads above the surface of the sea in the far, far east.<br><br>Other children were born to this god and goddess, one of whom, whose name was from-heaven-shining-great-august-deity, was 80 bright and beautiful that her parents not only allowed her to help them to govern the earth, which in those days only meant Japan, but they also made her Goddess Of the Sun.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.