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/* Shinto mythology */
'''Hotei''' is the [[god]] of happiness and laughter and the wisdom of being content in Shinto [[Mythology]].<ref>[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/h/hotei.html Hotei]</ref>
'''Izanagi''' is according to Shinto [[Mythology]], the primordial sky, the god of all that is light and heavenly.<ref>[http://www.pantheon.org/articles/i/izanagi.html Izanagi]</ref> Izanagi ("the male who invites") and his wife and sister [[Izanami]] ("the female who invites") are believed to have been given the task of [[Japanese creation myth|creating ]] the [[world]]. Standing on Ama-no-ukihashi (the floating bridge of the heavens), they are said to have plunged a jewel crested spear into the ocean. When they pulled it free, the water that dripped from the spear coagulated and formed the first island of the [[Japanese]] archipelago.
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