Linguistic Archaeology: Japanese Mythos (Dragon Magazine 13)

 Japanese Mythos (Dragon #13)

1. AMERTERASU
2. TSUKIYOMI-NO-MIKOTO
3. SUSANO
4. IZANAGI
5. IZANAMI
6. RYUJIN
7. HACHIMAN
8. INARI
9. KWANNON
10. SUKA-NA-BIKO
11. MOMOTARO
12. HOTEI
13. JUROJIN
14. FUKUROKUJO
15. BISHAMON
16. DAIKOKU
17. EBISU
18. BENTEN
19. SHAKA-NYORAI
20. YAKUSHI-NYORAI
21. AMIDA-NYORAI
22. DAINICHI-NYORAI
23. MIROKU-BOSATSU
24. KANNON-BOSATSU
25. MONJU-BOSATSU
26. FUGEN-BOSATSU
27. JIZO-BOSATSU
28. FUDO-MYOO
29. AIZEN-MYOO
30. FUJIN
31. KOSENSEI
32. OH-KUNI-NUSHI
33. RAIDEN
34. SHI-TENNO
35. SHOKI
36. TENJIN
37. UKE-MOCHI
38. UMI-BOZO
39. UZUME
40. YAMA-UBA
41. KAPPA
42. TENGU
43. ONI
44. YUKI-ONNA
45. ISSUN BOSHI
46. YOSHITSUNE
47. YAMAMOTO DATE
48. SHOTOKU DAISHI
49. YOSHI-IYE
50. KIYOMORI
51. TAMETOMO
52. EN NO SHOKAKU
53. KOBO DAISHI
54. NICHIREN
55. KINTARO
56. RAIKO
57. YORIMITSU
58. TAWARA TODA
59. HIDESATO
60. BENKEI
61. SAKAKI




Popularity of Use
A      %     E     %      I      %     O      %       U        %
35 57%    20 32%   43 70%  43 70%      29 47%

B      %     C     %      D      %     F      %       G        %
14 22%    4   6%      10 16%    4    6%       2     3%

H      %     J     %      K      %     L      %       M        %
18 29%    6 19%      23 37%   0    0%      16 29%

N      %     P     %      Q      %     R      %       S        %
34 55%    1   1%      0    0%      18 29%     26 42%

T      %     V     %      W      %     X      %       Y        %
21 34%    0   0%      2     3%     0   0%        16 26%

Z      %
6 19%



Popularity of use
70% O, I:
57% A, O, I:
55% N, A, O, I: ONI,
47% U, N, A, O, I:
42% S, U, N, A, O, I: SUSANO,
37% K, S, U, N, A, O, I: SAKAKI,
34% T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I:
32% E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: KOSENSEI,
29% R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: TAMETOMO, EN NO SHOKAKU, KINTARO, RAIKO, OH-KUNI-NUSHI, SHI-TENNO, SHOKI, MOMOTARO, HOTEI, AMERTERASU, INARI,
26% Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: YUKI-ONNA, YOSHITSUNE, YOSHI-IYE, KIYOMORI, YORIMITSU, SHAKA-NYORAI, YAKUSHI-NYORAI, TSUKIYOMI-NO-MIKOTO,
22% B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: ISSUN BOSHI, BENKEI, YAMA-UBA, MIROKU-BOSATSU, KANNON-BOSATSU, BISHAMON, EBISU, BENTEN, SUKA-NA-BIKO,
19% Z, J, B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: TENJIN, UMI-BOZO, UZUME, MONJU-BOSATSU, JIZO-BOSATSU, AIZEN-MYOO, IZANAMI, RYUJIN, JUROJIN,
16% D, Z, J, B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: KOBO DAISHI, HIDESATO, YAMAMOTO DATE, SHOTOKU DAISHI, AMIDA-NYORAI, RAIDEN, DAIKOKU,
6% F, C, D, Z, J, B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: FUJIN, NICHIREN, FUGEN-BOSATSU, FUDO-MYOO, FUKUROKUJO, DAINICHI-NYORAI, HACHIMAN, UKE-MOCHI,
3% W, G, F, C, D, Z, J, B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: TENGU, TAWARA TODA, IZANAGI, KWANNON,
1% P, W, G, F, C, D, Z, J, B, Y, R, M, H, E, T, K, S, U, N, A, O, I: KAPPA,
0% V, X, Q, L


Conclusion: ONI (painted red, blue, grey, and have horns. Wear tiger-skin loin cloths and carry off young women) are the earliest of the Japanese Mythos at 55%. This is followed by the first bandgap at 47%. SUSANO (A bearded Storm god who dwells in forest. Has two jewels that create hail and lightning respectivly) at 42%, SAKAKI (sacred tree whose roots are used to signal for help) at 37%. The next bandgap is at 34%.
The mythos proper begins here with KOSENSEI (Kosen- reminding me of the family name whose members are stricken with great physical height- but in this case is a Elderly, hairless, wart-covered sage with a toad pet, and who could turn himself into a lizard- so maybe a 'shaman' with a crocodile hide and head to use as disguise). The culture peaks at 29% staying high until around 6% before declining.