{"id":103,"date":"2012-11-28T14:29:05","date_gmt":"2012-11-28T13:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admiring-diversity.pl\/en\/?p=103"},"modified":"2015-11-26T21:25:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-26T20:25:46","slug":"the-land-of-the-dead-how-did-the-japanese-see-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admiring-diversity.pl\/en\/2012\/11\/28\/the-land-of-the-dead-how-did-the-japanese-see-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The Land of the Dead – how did the Japanese “see” it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Depending on the version of the myth, as well as available translations, one can talk about the Land of the Dead, Land of the Dead beneath the Earth, the Land of Darkness and the Root Country.<\/p>\n

Description of Yomi in Kojiki may reflect the early Japanese practice of burying the dead in their tombs that had their entrances sealed with huge boulders (as Izanagidid to escape from Izanami\u2019s pursuit). Yomi is being physically identified as the cave on the Shimane coast.<\/p>\n

Littleton C. Scott points out that attempts to rescue the dead from the clutches of death by a visit to the different worlds of the dead is a recurring motif, and can be found in such myths like:<\/p>\n