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1. Japanese Mythology

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   The Descent from Heaven
   Classical texts describe the progressive descent of divine authority from the celestial realm to the terrestrial Japanese islands through successive generations of kami and demigods. Ninigi-no-Mikoto, grandson of Amaterasu, received the Imperial Regalia and descended to rule the earthly realm, establishing the mythological foundation for imperial legitimacy. His great-grandson, Jimmu, traditionally dated to 660 BCE, is credited as Japan's first historical emperor, thereby collapsing mythological and historical time.…