Illustration: Inside an Edo household, a grandmother unrolls a well-used illustrated handscroll for two children. Its large central painting shows a divine pair standing above the sea on a heavenly bridge, lowering a jeweled spear into the water; droplets beneath its tip become the islands of Japan.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

神しん話わ

shinwa

myth, mythology

Example sentences

どの民族みんぞくも独自どくじの神話しんわを持もっている。
Every nation has its own myths.
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彼かれは古代こだい神話しんわに基もとづく小説しょうせつを書かいた。
He wrote a novel based on ancient myths.
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小説しょうせつはおとぎ話ばなしや神話しんわと同おなじぐらい古ふるい。
Fiction is as old as fairy tales and myths.
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Kanji in 神話

神gods; mindOnシン・ジンKunかみ・かん-・こう-
話tale; talkOnワKunはなす・はなし

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