This country's folk tales feature cucumber-riding water demons called kappas as well as an eight-headed dragon that was slain by this country's sea god.
One myth from this country tells of how one of its gods saved a rabbit that had lost its fur after insulting a group of sharks, and later retrieved a turnip-shaped arrow from a burning field. This country's folk tales feature cucumber-riding water demons called kappas as well as an eight-headed dragon that was slain by this country's sea god. This country was supposedly formed when its creator god Izanagi dripped brine from his spear, and its sun goddess retreated into a cave after her brother threw a flayed horse into her room. That goddess, Amaterasu, was the ancestor of this country's first emperor, Jimmu. For 10 points, name this nation home to the many kami of the Shinto religion.
One myth from this country tells of how one of its gods saved a rabbit that had lost its fur after insulting a group of sharks, and later retrieved a turnip-shaped arrow from a burning field.
State of Japan [Accept Nippon-koku or Nihon-koku.]