In our first episode, we dig up the origins of the Back: the land of Koshi, which includes modern-day Niigata, Fukui and Toyama prefectures. EDITOR NOTE: (as it's the first episode, please...take the speedy pace, lack of self-awareness and general mood of ther episode with a massive grain of salt - Thanks! Josh)
We find references in the the Kojiki (712 AD) the Nihon Shoki (720 AD)
and the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki (733 AD). Also, big unpronounceable names
abound:
Izanakino-no-mikoto - primordial male deity associated with Japan's creation story
Izanamino-no-mikoto - primordial female deity associated with Japan's creation story
Ōkuninushi (Yachihoko-no-Kami) - the god of agriculture and champion of t Yamata no Orochi
Princess Nunakawahime - goddess of jade from Koshi, modern-day Niigata prefecture
Yatsukamizu Omizunu (Omizunu) - relative of Susano-o, latter ruler of Izumo
REFERENCES:
Kunibiki Myth: https://www-pref-shimane-lg-jp.translate.goog/life/bunka/bunkazai/izumo_fuudo/kunibiki/fudo03.html?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
Princess Nunakawahime: https://rekishi--shizitsu-jp.translate.goog/nunakawahime/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=sc
