The Japanese Shinto version of how the world was created can be found in the Kojiki, which is the Japanese “Record of Ancient Things”. According to the Kojiki, when the heavens and the earth began to form, multiple deities were created through various means, however pertaining to the topic only two of the deity’s matter, which include a male deity Izanagi, and a female deity Izanami (Japan). The other deities born before them ordered them to create Japan with the aid of a spear that would help create an island. An image from Japanese mythology. After creating an island, and marring one another, they began trying to have intercourse to create the new islands. Before they had intercourse for the first time they met at a certain location with
