A part of this Japanese myth is similar to Leah & Rachel
“Flower-blooming and Rock-long! A son of a goddess was in love with beautiful Flower-blooming, but their father said his plain elder daughter should also be his wife. The crown prince from the sky denied Rock-long, so the father said men on earth wouldn’t live into their hundreds anymore.”
-Isolated Connected Kyushu Island, page 184-
-a story form Kojiki=古事記, the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711–712)-
-Photo, a statue of Flower-blooming, 木花之佐久夜毘売, kono-hana-sakuya-hime, from South Satsuma Sightseeing Guide
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