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伊邪那岐和伊邪那美从一座彩虹似的天桥上飘然而下，俯瞰着下面太古时代的海洋，浑浊的海水似油锅一样翻腾着。伊邪那岐把他那柄镶有宝石的长矛插入海中，奋力搅动着黏稠的海水，海水像水母般涡动回旋。忽然一颗亮晶晶的宝石从矛尖上掉下，变成了一座岛屿。 伊邪那岐和伊邪那美降落到这座岛屿上，建造了一座高大的神柱。伊邪那岐绕着神柱走，伊邪那美朝相反的方向走。相遇后，他们就结婚了。后来，伊邪那美生了很多孩子，他们就是日本的八座岛屿、众多山脉、四季、陆上和水中众神灵以及自然界中的其他万物。生了火神之后，伊邪那美不幸发高烧而死。 伊邪那岐悲痛欲绝，他紧随妻子追赶过去，一直追到了阴暗的冥界。那里漆黑一片，他拔下头上的木梳点燃，只为了能再看一眼他美丽的爱人。 突然间，他被吓得向后跳了老远！伊邪那美的身体已经开始腐烂，因为被人看见，狂怒之下她尖叫起来。伊邪那岐转身就逃。他那吓人的妻子和成群的恶魔小鬼则跟在后面穷追不舍。一跑到冥界的洞口，伊邪那岐就把一个大圆石滚进洞去。伊邪那美凄厉地哭着说她要每天杀掉一千人作为报复。伊邪那岐则发誓说他要每天让一千五百个婴儿降生。当初伊邪那岐和伊邪那美是在神柱的两侧喜结良缘，此刻他们在大圆石的两侧宣告决裂。从此阴阳相隔，活着的伊邪那岐和死去的伊邪那美永远分离开来。 Izanagi and Izanami Izanagi and Izanami glided down the rainbow-striped Floating Bridge of Heaven. They stared into the oily, primeval ocean of chaos below. Izanagi dipped his jeweled spear and stirred the swirling jellyfish-like mass；a glistening droplet fell from his spear point and turned into an island. Izanagi and Izanami descended to the island. They created and built a tall, sacred column. Izanagi circled the column in one direction, Izanami went in the other. When they met face to face, they married. Izanami then gave birth to the eight islands of Japan, the mountains, the seasons, the gods of 丨and and water and ail the forms of nature. After giving birth to the fire god, Izanami died of a burning fever. Izanagi was so crazed with grief that he chased after his wife into the dark Underworld. He pulled a comb from his hair and lit it, just to get a glimpse of his beautiful beloved. He sprang back in horror! Izanami had become a rotting corpse. She shrieked in rage at being seen. Izanagi fled； his hideous wife and her horde of demons and devils were at his heels. He just barely reached the mouth of the Underworld and rolled a boulder into it. Izanami wailed that she would kill 1,000 people a day in revenge. Izanagi vowed that 1,500 people would be born each day. As they had married from either side of the column, Izanagi and Izanami divorced from either side of the boulder. The living and the dead were separated forever. |
