CHAPTER II.
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, Many[=o]shu 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 Shint[=o] .-- Illustrations from the liturgies .-- Phallicism among the aborigines and common people .-- The mind or mental climate of the primaeval 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..