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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Japanese myth of creation intimates that all Japanese are descendant of dieties
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth” (, Tenchi-kaibyaku, Literally “Creation Of Heaven & Earth") is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago.

Detailed explanation-2: -The concept that the emperors and empresses of Japan are descended from gods was enshrined in the Shinto religion, in Japan’s earliest histories, and in the 1889 Meiji Constitution. Article 3 of this constitution stated in its entirety ‘The Emperor is sacred and inviolable’.

Detailed explanation-3: -Izanami (), formally known as Izanami-no-Mikoto (/, meaning “She-who-invites” or the “Female-who-invites"), is the creator deity of both creation and death in Japanese mythology, as well as the Shinto mother goddess.

Detailed explanation-4: -Izanagi and Izanami, (Japanese: “He Who Invites” and “She Who Invites”) in full Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto, the central deities (kami) in the Japanese creation myth. They were the eighth pair of brother-and-sister gods to appear after heaven and earth separated out of chaos.

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