SHINTO: MYTHS AND RITUAL, PAGE 35
Japan is young beside China and Korea.--Japanese history is
comparatively modern.--The oldest documents date from A.D. 712.--The
Japanese archipelago inhabited before the Christian era.--Faith, worship
and ritual are previous to written espression.--The Kojiki, Manyōshu
and Norito.--Tendency of the pupil nations surrounding China to antedate
their civilization.--Origin of the Japanese people and their
religion.--Three distinct lines of tradition from Tsukushi, Idzumo and
Yamato.--War of the invaders against the aborigines--Mikadoism is the
heart of Shintō.--Illustrations from the liturgies.--Phallicism among
the aborigines and common people.--The mind or mental climate of the
primæval man.--Representation of male gods by emblems.--Objects of
worship and _ex-voto_.--Ideas of creation.--The fire-myth,
Prometheus.--Comparison of Greek and Japanese mythology.--Ritual for the
quieting of the fire-god.--The fire-drill.