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Государственный музей истории религии
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URL: http://www.relig-museum.ru/
Выставки: православное прикладное искусство, амулеты и обереги, русское церковное искусство XV-нач.ХХвв., золотое шитье в русской Православной Церкви, подписные иконы в собрании музея, ислам - религия и образ жизни, индуизм: традиции культуры, 1000 Будд, круг народного чтения, тайны сибирского шаманства. [ rus | eng ] |

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Japanese History: The Founding Myth
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URL: http://www.variable.net/hidden/japan/D1_1.J.HTM
Also known as the "Prince Yamato Myth" (Nihan Shoki / Kojiki), the founding myth of Japan involves the relation between man and the Kami or Natural Spirits/'gods'. The Kami came into existence on a plane parallel to the Prime Material, whence Japan is created after Izanagi (the male) 'dips his spear into the ocean' and creates Japan along with Izanami (the female). They produce a pantheon of gods, and it is through this natural divinity that the hegemony of the Yamato House is mythically legitimized. [ eng ] |

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