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(nihonn-otogi-banashi)
Japanese old faith in
animism
1
Japanese Fairly Tales
So many Japanese Fairly Tales had been
influenced by the animism.
Author and
date of made
are unknown
2
Main Characters
The bamboo cutter,
Okina; Taketori-no-
Okina (たけとりのおき
な/竹取の翁)
Kaguya (かぐや)
Mikado (みかど/帝)
3
5 noblemen made advances to Kaguya,
however, she never married.
Even Japanese Emperor
proposed to her, but he
was also rejected.
4
Kaguya left Medicine to
become immortal to Emperor.
Immortal (fushi/ふし/不死) be
came the name of Mount. Fuji
(ふじ/富士) today.
5
TODAY’s Today, the machine of
Japanese Aerospace
KAGUYA Exploring Agency (JAXA)
which is around the Moon
for research of the origin of
the lunar origin and
evolution, and to develop the
technology for the future
lunar exploration is named
KAGUYA after the real
Kaguya and her story.
Conclusion
Japanese used to have strong
faith in animism, which later
became Shinto