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Ben
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There's Something About Izanami

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We all know the creation myth of Japan from GRASSCUTTER, but are there any further stories of Izanagi and Izanami? Did Izanami's tale end with Izanagi abandoning her in Yomi, or was there more?
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It's been a long time since I read it, but there is a very old japanese book called Nihongi that is a record of ancient times in japan. It all starts out with the legends of the old kami and leads into the earliest of emperors. You can find english translated versions of the book out there if you are into reading about the very early times of japan.
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