One ethnic group of this country divides time into the periods “sikah ohta,” “noskeheke,” and “kes.” Female shamans passed down stories of one ethnic group in this country through oral “deity epics” called yukar. That (15[1])ethnic group from this country performs the Iomante ritual for sacrificing a bear. (15[3])In (15[1])one myth from this country, land was created (15[1])when droplets fell from the blade (15[1])of a spear (15[1])struck (15[1])into the (*) water. A deity in a myth from this country finds his wife’s rotted corpse, and upon returning from (10[1])the underworld, (10[1])cleans his eyes, creating the sun and moon. A creation myth from this country centers on the married siblings Izanagi and Izanami. (10[1])The Kojiki chronicles many stories from, for 10 points, what island country from which Shintoism originated? ■END■