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Amaterasu, the sun-goddess of the Japanese myth was working at the loom when her brother Susanowo threw rawhide of a black and white horse through a hole of the roof: she became a horse going into the cave of the dead and the world became totally dark. The horse was her totem and she went into her ancestors cave in the horse skin. She appeared from the cave and the world was filled with sunlight. Greek Demeter and Poseidon resemble Japanese Amaterasu and Susanowo. Mythologists assert that the Greek myth seems to come to Japan by way of Scythians. Origin of the Japanese myth was not the Greek one. My opinion is that the Japanese myth is older than the Greek one, so the other origin is to be found out.
大阪外国語大学の論文
2006-03-28