Before the heavens and the earth, everything was chaos. Out of nothing came the heavens. This was the Plain of high heaven and the heaven that gave birth to three deities, which were called Ame-no-Minaka-Nushi-no-Mikoto, Takami-Musubi-no-Mikoto and Kammi-Musubi-no-Mikoto. While this was going on, gods were sprouting up from the earth and the first ones were the deities Umashi-ashi-Kahibi-no-Mikoto and Ame-no-Tokotachi-no-Mikoto. But since the world was in a chaotic state, there was nothing for the Gods …showed first 75 words of 360 total…

…showed last 75 words of 360 total…first and then she complimented him. This was more appropriate for the laws of nature and gave them better luck with their offspring. They first had the island of Awaji, Shikoku, and then Oki, followed by Kyushu, then Tsushima and lastly Honshu. These eight islands were given the name Oyashi AKA the country of the Eight Islands. After this, the two beings became the parents of numerous smaller islands destined to surround the smaller islands.