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• - Myths connected to shrines in Miyazaki Prefecture in the southern part of Japan, the home of Japanese mythology.
  
• - Excerpts of the "Kojiki", an 8th century official Japanese history that starts with the creation of the world, the deities, and Japan.
  
• - Comparative mythology article by Joo-Young Yoo, from the 1994 Berkeley McNair Journal.
  
• - Brief overview of Japanese deities, demons, and ghosts with art work.
  
• - Names of deities and their attributes, from Chrissy's Dojo.
  
• - Short retellings of Japanese myths.
  
• - A tale of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu and the Storm God Susano-O.
  
• - Listing of some of Japan's deities, excerpted from "The Gods of Man," by David W. Owens.