Origins

KAMIYO Episode 30 – Kayanohime-no-Kami, goddess of fields, emerging from a vortex of serpentine vines and blooming flowers, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 30: The Birth of Kayanohime-no-K...

Prologue: The Foot of the Towering Mountain, the Leftover Blank Space of the Earth With the majestic Oyamatsumi-no-Kami towering as heaven-piercing mountain ranges, and Kukunochi-no-Kami's forest powerfully covering its slopes,...

KAMIYO Episode 30: The Birth of Kayanohime-no-K...

Prologue: The Foot of the Towering Mountain, the Leftover Blank Space of the Earth With the majestic Oyamatsumi-no-Kami towering as heaven-piercing mountain ranges, and Kukunochi-no-Kami's forest powerfully covering its slopes,...

KAMIYO Episode 29 – Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, god of mountains, towering above the clouds over Oyashima, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 29: The Birth of Oyamatsumi-no-K...

Prologue: The Saturated Sea of Trees and the Thirst for the Next "Order" Due to the fierce explosion of life by Kukunochi-no-Kami (the God of Trees), Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight...

KAMIYO Episode 29: The Birth of Oyamatsumi-no-K...

Prologue: The Saturated Sea of Trees and the Thirst for the Next "Order" Due to the fierce explosion of life by Kukunochi-no-Kami (the God of Trees), Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight...

KAMIYO Episode 28 – Kukunochi-no-Kami, god of trees, erupting from the earth as a grotesque heaven-piercing giant tree, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 28 : The Birth of Kukunochi-no-K...

Prologue: The "Heat" at the Bottom of the Earth Shattering the Silence Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands) had obtained a solid skeleton of rock and sand, and was welcoming a...

KAMIYO Episode 28 : The Birth of Kukunochi-no-K...

Prologue: The "Heat" at the Bottom of the Earth Shattering the Silence Oyashimakuni (The Great Eight Islands) had obtained a solid skeleton of rock and sand, and was welcoming a...

KAMIYO Episode 27 – Iwatsuchibiko-no-Kami, god of rock and solid earth, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 27: The birth of the Rock, Iwats...

Prologue: The Pulsating World and the Crumbling Fragile Mud Ever since the Wind God, Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, danced up into the vast sky and brought a pure breath to heaven and earth,...

KAMIYO Episode 27: The birth of the Rock, Iwats...

Prologue: The Pulsating World and the Crumbling Fragile Mud Ever since the Wind God, Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, danced up into the vast sky and brought a pure breath to heaven and earth,...

KAMIYO Episode 26 – Shinatsuhiko-no-Kami, god of wind, born from Izanagi’s breath, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 26: The Birth of the Wind God, S...

Prologue: A Beautiful Painting and the Stagnant Atmosphere Since Owatatsumi-no-Kami descended to the abyss of the ocean floor and brought the "pulsation of life" to the endless seas, Oyashimakuni (The...

KAMIYO Episode 26: The Birth of the Wind God, S...

Prologue: A Beautiful Painting and the Stagnant Atmosphere Since Owatatsumi-no-Kami descended to the abyss of the ocean floor and brought the "pulsation of life" to the endless seas, Oyashimakuni (The...

KAMIYO Episode 25 – Owatatsumi-no-Kami, god of the sea, born from Izanagi and Izanami, Japanese mythology illustration

KAMIYO Episode 25: The Birth of the Sea God, Ow...

Prologue: The Silent and Beautiful Islands The Oyashimakuni (Great Eight-Island Country), created by Izanagi and Izanami pouring in all their might, was embraced by the clear ocean and shone divinely under...

KAMIYO Episode 25: The Birth of the Sea God, Ow...

Prologue: The Silent and Beautiful Islands The Oyashimakuni (Great Eight-Island Country), created by Izanagi and Izanami pouring in all their might, was embraced by the clear ocean and shone divinely under...