Juliet Piggott Livres

Japanese mythology is an amalgam of dashing heroes, supernatural beings and intelligent animals-of love and hate, gratitude and resentment, gentleness and cruelty.

Japan is a country rich in myths, legends and folk tales, inspired by history, ghost stories and religion. Some of these are recounted in this book, such as that of Ameratasu, the sun goddess, who plunged the world into darkness in anger at the behaviour of Susano, the storm god.