But no Japanese would dream now of casting any such reflections, however flattering, upon the face of the orb of day.

The sun has become not only quite sexless to him, but as devoid of personality as it is to any Western materialist.

Lesser deities suffered a like unsubstantial transformation.

The thunder-god, with his belt of drums, upon which he beats a devil's tattoo until he is black in the face, is no longer even indirectly associated with the storm.

As for dryads and nymphs, the beautiful creatures never inhabited Eastern Asia.