Night 5 Japanese Mythology (Kojiki) Story 6
Ninigi Descends from Heaven
The heavenly grandson comes to earth with sacred regalia, then lets a beauty based dick choice explain human mortality. The Kojiki does not start clean. Japan begins with divine sex, bad instructions, death, caves, drunk monsters, ugly family politics and beauty based dick choices.
Japan Begins With Bodies, Not Polite Mist
A glass hits the table.
Masa
The heavenly grandson comes to earth with sacred regalia, then lets a beauty based dick choice explain human mortality.
Sayaka
That is way less polite than the shrine brochure version.
Masa
The Kojiki does not start clean.
Japan begins with divine sex, bad instructions, death, caves, drunk monsters, ugly family politics and beauty based dick choices.
Yamato
Divine sex and bad management. Japan really opens strong.
Masa
The stories are physical as hell.
Bodies create islands, food traps people in the dead world, gods hide, bleed, give birth, get jealous and make terrible calls.
The Sacred Stuff Gets Physical
Masa
The descent links heaven, earth and rulership.
Daichi
That is where the whole room starts to understand the damage.
Masa
The three regalia become symbols of authority.
Sayaka
The sacred and the fucked up are sitting at the same table.
Masa
Choosing the blossom princess over the rock princess gives the myth its mortality sting.
The private family disaster keeps turning into public order: islands, lineages, rituals, regalia and rulers all come out of bodies doing messy body things.
Why The Myths Still Hit
Masa
It survives because land, sex, ritual, family and rulership are all tied together. The sacred stuff is not floating above life.
It is knee deep in the mess.
Yamato
So the classic survives because the human stupidity is still alive.
Masa
Exactly. Japanese Mythology, Kojiki is not alive because the names are old.
It is alive because people still want sex, rank, praise, control, revenge, approval or a clean little excuse for their bullshit.
Sayaka
That is unfortunately very easy to understand.
The Mess Under The Ritual
Masa
The private family disaster keeps turning into public order: islands, lineages, rituals, regalia and rulers all come out of bodies doing messy body things.
Daichi
That is the bit that makes the old story suddenly feel way too close.
Masa
That is the weird power of the Kojiki.
The sacred and the fucked up sit at the same table, and neither one leaves.
Sayaka
Yeah, that is going to stick whether I like it or not.
FAQ
- Q. What is Ninigi Descends from Heaven about?
- A. The heavenly grandson comes to earth with sacred regalia, then lets a beauty based dick choice explain human mortality.
- Q. What is the first thing to notice?
- A. The descent links heaven, earth and rulership.
- Q. Why does it still hit?
- A. The heavenly grandson comes to earth with sacred regalia, then lets a beauty based dick choice explain human mortality. The private family disaster keeps turning into public order: islands, lineages, rituals, regalia and rulers all come out of bodies doing messy body things.
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If this happened todayCompliance trouble meter★★★★★
Modern compliance would run out of forms before the second drink.
Against modern Japanese law, just for fun
- 刑法109条
- 刑法204条
- 刑法222条
- 刑法223条
- 刑法249条
Just for fun: a reading of which articles of present-day Japanese law the original events might brush up against. Article numbers only.
Quiz yourself (original questions)
Not copied from past papers. These are original practice questions written for this article. Give them a go.
Q1What makes Ninigi Descends from Heaven memorable?