Reading Notes: British and Celtic Unit

I chose to write the reading notes based on “The Unknown Bride” in the Canterbury Tales. The original version told a story about a young knight under King Arthur’s rule went against his vow in protecting all women. He mistreated one, and so, by the law, he has to be hanged. Yet, due to his handsome appearance and talents, all the court ladies begged for his life. King Arthur allowed his queen to make the final judgement, and the Queen asked the knight to answer what is the women desire the most. The knight went all over the land, but he couldn’t find an answer until he met an old crone. She told him the answer but he has to marry her in return. For his life, he agreed. The answer saved his life, but he was force to marry the old crone as he had promised. He was not happy as first, but the old lady talked him into agree in their marriage. On the wedding day, the old lady turned into a beautiful young girl, and they lived happily. This sounded like a typical fairy tale story, but I am wonder who was the woman that the knight mistreated and why did he do so. Since the knight was talked into consent with the marriage to an old and poor lady, he must be intelligent and open-minded. I believe there is goodness in him that would not lead him to mistreat a lady. Since his wife turning from an old lady to a young girl, I assumed she is a fairy. So, I want to write a story with explanation on why the knight committed his crime and his heroic act and kindness touched a fairy. She wanted to save, but she want to test him to see if he was a good person and good husband.

Knight. Link

Bibliography. Chaucer.  Canterbury Tales. Link

Tech Tip: Canvas Notification

I set up my preferences for Canvas notification earlier in the semester.  I found it very helpful in informing me on what is uploaded, changed, or graded in my class.  It is good reminder for me on what is due.  Since I don't always open D2L or Canvas 24/7, having notification sent to my email is  very good way to keep me on track. 

Reading Notes: Native American Unit - Part A

I was intrigued by the story of the Jealous Uncle in the Native American Hero Tales unit. The story was about an uncle who wanted to kill all of his nephews. He succeeded the first two times, but he failed to kill the third child. The third child was disguised as a girl by his mother and aunt to protect him from this uncle, but his uncle discovered the boy’s true gender and set out to kill him. The uncle attempted to kill the boy four times. First time, he planned to trap the boy in the log to starve him to death. Second time, he pushed the boy down the cliff. Third time, he attempted to drown the boy when he trapped by a large clam. The last time, the uncle locked the boy in a box and sent it adrift. The boy successfully returned home in the first three times, but in the last attempt, the boy landed on the new land, where he grew up and got married. The main detail that got my attention was the boy’s love to his parents. When the boy returned to his old village as a grown man, he punished his evil uncle. His reason for punishment was not because the uncle’s attempts to kill or the killings of his older brothers. He punished his uncle because his treatment toward his parents. After the reading, I wondered why the uncle hated his nephews so much that he wanted to kill all of them. I also confused why the boy’s parents did not attempt to fight back the uncle to protect the boy and his older brothers. I want to write a story to give explanation to these questions while maintain the main story line.

Young American Indian Boy with His Pet. Link

 Bibliography. Stith Thompson. Tales of the North American Indians. Link

Story: The Jealous Uncle

The Man Flying. Link

“What are we going to do?” The pregnant woman looked at her blinded husband with sorrow.

“I am such a useless man. I can’t even protect my wife and unborn child, and I can’t take revenge for my dead sons.” The blinded man hit his head and cried.

“Will your brother going to kill our child again? He had killed our two sons. Wasn’t that enough? Oh my poor children, they were not even five when he murdered them.” The pregnant woman sobbed helplessly.

“If I was not blinded during the hunt, we don’t have to live dependently on his mercy. I could have power to protect my children. I rather not having them in the first place instead of seeing my children go to their death.” The blinded man angered at his children’s murderer, his brother, and at his helpless state.

At their midst of misery, the brother’s wife visited their hut.

“My dear brother and sister, my husband knew of your pregnancy, and he planned to repeat his cruel act upon this unborn child. We have to protect this child at all cost. It’s all because of the old saying from the shaman that he fears that your son will kill him one day. This is the source of your sorrow and my misery. I wish I can stop him.” The brother’s wife entered into their hut with tear on her face.

“I know your hardship my sister. If it was not you who give us food, how can we live on the little portion that he gives to us? Now, I don’t know how I am going to save this child.” The pregnant woman replied.

“Sister, I have an idea. When this child is born, we will tell him that this child is a girl. We will raise this child as girl. Hopefully, we can fool him.” The brother’s wife suggested.

“Yes, yes, this can work. This has to work.” Both the pregnant woman and her blinded husband prayed silently for their future child.

Time flied, and the pregnant woman gave birth to a boy. The brother’s wife returned to her husband after visit the child and told him that the baby was a girl.

When the child was growing up, dressed and acted like a girl, his parents and aunt thought they have successfully fooled the evil brother. However, the child was unaware of his state and showed his body to his uncle, revealing his actual gender.

The evil brother was enraged at his wife for lying, but he was occupied in planning how to kill his 7 years-old nephew. No matter how hard his wife pleaded, the evil brother set out to imprison the boy in log so the boy can starve to death.

The brother’s wife snuck out to warn the boy and his parents on her husband’s plan, telling them to find some way to protect the boy.

The blinded man, then, told his son about the deaths of his older brothers.

“My son, may these tools help you survive. Although I am unable to fight your uncle directly, I will follow him tomorrow. I will try to save you if he raises his knife against you even it means my death.” The blinded man handed his son the knife, the sour cranberry, and the eagle-down.

On the next day, the blinded man followed his brother and his son to the wood, where his heard his brother locked his son in a log. After his brother left, the blinded man came near the log and told his son to rub the sour cranberry against the wood. The log then opened up and released the young boy. The blinded man took his son back to the village, but let his son faced the uncle alone while he stood afar.

The next day the evil uncle set out to push the boy off the cliff when he commanded the boy to collect the ducks and eggs. The blinded man hid nearby but could not stop the evil brother. Luckily, the boy used the eagle-down and flied up. He also collected many ducks and eggs that could feed his family for three days.

After seeing his nephew returned safely after pushing him off the cliff, the evil uncle planned to drown the boy when they were out catch clam. When the boy was ate by a large clam, the evil uncle left after seeing this, thinking the boy would die this time. The blinded man ran out and yelled to his son.

“Take out your knife and cut yourself free.”

The boy listened and survived the drowning.

After the third fail, the evil uncle was determined locked the boy up in box and released it into the ocean. He planned to stay until he sees no sign of the box.

At the night before, the blinded man and his wife took all their food and gave to their child.

“My child, as I know of my brother, he will not let you survive this time. These are all our food. Take them with you and run far away as you can. Don’t return until you are strong enough to defeat your uncle. Your mother and I can’t come with you this time because our crippled bodies can only slow you down. Remember, wherever you are, our love will be with you. It’s okay if you can’t return. As long as you are safe, we are happy.” The blinded man and his wife held their child for the last time.

As the next day came, the evil brother carried out his plan. As the box contained the boy drifted away, it landed on a different shore, where the boy found his haven and his new family.

As the time passed and the boy grew up to a young man, he was now married to the daughter of the Chief, whose village took him in. He returned to his old village and saved his parents. He also punished the evil uncle for mistreating his parents but not for killing him and his brothers. He threw his uncle in the same ocean that he was sent adrift by his uncle, but unlike him, his uncle drowned. Since then, the young man took his parents and aunt to his new village and supported them for the rest of their lives.



Author’s Note

I told the story with all the main details as the original version. I added the back stories on why the boy’s parents could not protect him and fight against the evil uncle, and I also added the explanation for why the uncle wanted to kill all his nephews. I also added a little details that the boy’s parents tried to help instead of don’t do anything but cry in the original version.



Bibliography. Stith Thompson. Tales of the North American Indians. Link

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Story: Nightingale and Her Dog-Husband

The Girl and Her Dog-Husband and Children. Link

Nightingale did not know why it became this way. She blankly stared at the ashes of the burned huts, the broken land that trampled by the heartless villagers, and the dying dog that was bleeding to its death. That dog was her husband, Wolf. Just a few weeks ago, she was still a 17-years-old carefree girl, loved by her family and her tribe. Now, she was a young woman, who was abandoned by her people, to die with a dying husband in a form of a dog.

It all began in the season of harvest when Nightingale first found a wild dog. After taking in the wild dog, she grew attached to the animal. She would eat and sleep next to the animal, completely unaware that her affection to the animal would change her life dramatically. On the first full moon, her pet dog shifted its form into a grown man, and he slept with her. Yet, he changed back to his dog form at dawn. This continued every night. Much in love with him, Nightingale wanted to introduce her love to her family and people, but his shape-shifting was inconvenience. She asked her husband, Wolf, why he can’t walk in the human form during the day. He told her that his power came from the moon. He was stronger when the moon is fuller, but when there was no moon, he was unable to change into human form. He was worried that her people could not accept him for his being, but he could not leave her. As they tried to figure out the solution for this problem, another problem arose. Nightingale was pregnant. As time passed, she could not hide her belly. When her parents questioned her about her child’s father, she innocently told them he is her pet dog. Her parents enraged, but she told them that he could change into human form. So, her parents told her to prove it. At night, she asked her husband, Wolf, to change into human in front of her parents. To her misery, that night the moon was covered by the dark cloud. Wolf could not completely turn into human, and his transforming appearance was too horrid. Her parents thought he was an evil creature. They called out the villagers to kill him. Nightingale begged her parents and her people to believe her and set Wolf free, but they were deaf to her crying plead. She saw her people plunged sharp weapons into her husband’s body, and he crumbled down in pain. Afterward, they turned to punish her. Feeling disgraced by Nightingale and scared of the creature that she was carried, they decided to abandon her, letting her starve to death along with her dying husband. The villagers then took all the foods and their belongings to migrate far from this land. Before they leave, they set the whole village on fire, leaving not a trace of shelter for Nightingale and her husband.

The fire was put out by Wolf, who used that last of his power to save his wife, Nightingale. Knowing that he is dying, he crawled near to his love. Wolf regretted. He should have kept his love to her for himself. If he was not too selfish to make Nightingale loved him and not impregnated her with his child, she is still an innocent girl and not suffer this tragedy. But it was too late now. All he could do is wrapping his broken body around this shaking girl, protecting her in his last moment in life.

A Crow spirit flew by, seeing this scenery. It flew to get the medicine plant to help dying Wolf. As it tended Wolf’s wound, it told the girl to be strong. She still has her loving husband and unborn child. She should not give up on living. Due to the Crow’s help and encouraging words, Nightingale shook out of her misery and determined to heal Wolf and build a large family on this land that her people had abandoned her.

After Wolf healed up, every night he gathered woods and rocks to build a shelter and feed his pregnant wife. During the day, Wolf set out in his dog form to hunt for animal as Nightingale continued the work that her husband has done the night before. Luckily, they completed the shelter before the winter arrived when they welcomed their four boys and a girl. As their children grew up, Wolf taught Nightingale and their children how to farm and how to hunt. As an animal shape-shifter, Wolf was also a nature spirit, and he knew about the medicine and healing. Their children inherited the shape-shifting ability from their father, but they were able to change to human and dog form anytime they like due to mother. When they all grew up, the abandoned land was now filled with crops and shelters.

Unlike Wolf and Nightingale happy lives, Nightingale’s old tribe people suffer from a great famine and disease. Many people died, and so, the chief decided to migrate from this land and search for a source of food. As they passed by the land that they abandoned the Nightingale to die, instead of seeing wild grasses and trees, they saw a land filled with fruitful crops and the air filled with food aroma. Too hungry to move any further, the tribe entered the land, hoping to ask for food. To their surprise, greeting them was Nightingale and her children. She welcomed them in to the sturdy hut and feeding them food. The tribe was touched by her hospitality and ashamed of what they have done to her. The chief bowed his head in gratitude and remorse. Nightingale forgave them, and at night, Wolf appeared in human form and helped curing the people who suffered from the disease. Nightingale and Wolf welcomed the tribe to stay here with them. Ashamed of their old actions and deeply respected the generosity of Wolf and Nightingale, the tribe voted for their children to be the next chief. Since then, they all live happily together, and this tribe dressed in dog-like creature and dance every full moon during harvest time to express their gratitude to Nightingale’s dog-husband, Wolf.

Bibliography. Stith Thompson.  Tales of North American Indian. Link

Author's Note
The original version is about a young girl impregnated by her dog, who changed into man at night.  Her people ashamed of her, and so, they killed the dog and abandoned her to die.  She was saved by a Crow, and then, she gave birth to five children, who can change into dog form.  She raised them into great warriors and hunters.  Later, she invited the her people back to live with them.  In my version, I want emphasize her dog-husband like in title.  I want to create a version where the young girl does not have to suffer anything alone.

Reading Notes: Native American Unit - Part B

“The Dog-Husband” has a very interesting title since the whole story did not talk mainly about the Dog husband. The story is really interesting, but the wording is too confusing. After reading the story, I am very impressed with the girl, who survived through all the pain of abandonment by her family and the hardships in raising her children. Although I impressed with her determine and strong will, I want to rewrite the story to give her a happier life. For example, instead of having her dog lover killed by her parents, her dog lover survived, and she is abandoned by her family to live with him. Together, they take care of their children. Her dog lover is not an evil creature but a nature spirit. Due to his supernatural being, he can only take human form at night to be with her and a dog form at daytime. Yet, their children are the union of two kinds, and so, they can freely change to either form in their own will. The girl and her dog husband determined to raise their children up to be good and useful people so she and her new family can be accept back to their old tribe. During this time, a disease and famine struck the land. The girl’s old tribe suffers greatly, and they have to migrate in order to survive. In their migration, they come across the land where they abandoned the girl. However, the land is now prosperous and fertile due to her new family hard work. She and new family welcome the people of the tribe and feed them with bountiful food that was farmed and hunted by her children. The sick people of the tribe are healed by her dog husband. Because of her generosity in forgiving what they have done to her, they make her children the chiefs of the tribe after joining her family at their land. Since then, the people of the tribe value nature creatures, and they only hunt for necessity but not excessively.
 
Bibliography. Stith Thompson.  Tales of North American Indian. Link

Native American Woman Wolf. Link

Reading Notes: Native American Indian Unit - Part A

I really like the story about the Bear-Woman and Deer-Woman.  The Deer-Woman’s children are very smart and quick-wit to find out that the Bear-Woman had killed their mother and took revenge for their mother.  I want to retell the story with more details and feeling instead of a general version like the original story.  In my version, I want to add that the Bear-Woman killed the Deer-Woman out of jealousy since their husband favors the Deer-Woman more.  She also intended to kill the Deer-Woman’s children, but they noticed of their mother is missing before she can harm them.  Although the Deer-Woman is dead, her head warns her children to be careful of the Bear-Woman, and they should hide away before their father comes home.  In Bear-Woman’s attempt to kill the Deer-Woman’s children, she mistakenly killed her children instead.  After she found out, she tries to hunt the Deer-Woman’s children before her husband returns.  In their run, the children were saved by the crane, who threw the Bear-Woman into the river.  After they return home, they meet their father and tell him everything.  The father then brings the Deer-Woman’s head to the village’s witchdoctor and asks if he can revive his wife.  Then, Deer-Woman is revived and lived happily with her family.

Bibliography. Stith Thompson.  Tales of North American Indian. Link

Deer Woman.  Link

Tech Tips: Google Site Video

I really interested in embedding video or music on my blog and site, but I have never figure out how to do it.  To my surprise, embedding video is not that difficult.  I will search up some videos that I can embed to my project website.

Week 8 Growth Mindset

Starting the semester, I have try to change my mindset to a more productive and active mindset.  But bad habits die hard.  I tend to go back to the old mindset when I relax my mind.  Because of this, I did not make much improvement that I wanted to achieve.  At least, I improved in learning from past mistake, being open to all feedback,and focusing on my own progress.  Right now, I am trying to increase my interest on my major classes instead of viewing them as workload.  For this class, I don't have any problem with self-interest, but this is the class where I challenge my comfort zone.  Since I am not a good writer, I tend to be nervous when I write due to my bad grammar.  Through this class, I hope to improve my writing skill, to open up on feedback, and build self-confidence.  So far, I accomplished one goal, but I am working to accomplish all the goals by the end of the semester.

Self Interest Meme. Link

Week 8 Reflections

For reading assignments, I think I made many good choices in choosing my readings because I enjoyed all of them. I think I enjoyed the Asian unit the most because I was able to read some Japanese mythology. I was able to read most of my readings, but I have problem in writing reading notes. My problem is to write out my ideas about the story I want to tell without telling it. Sometimes, my notes did not meet the required minimum amount of words. I think I still need to practice my note-taking skill. For upcoming readings, I planned to read “Marriage Tales” and “Inuit” for Week 9-10, “Celtic Tales” and “Canterbury Tales” for Week 11-12, and “Italian” and “Russian” for Week 13-14.

As for story, I think I improved in comparison to my first few stories. Now, I can fit the whole story within the given word limit. I still have to work on my grammar issues. Currently, I am working my stories for the project. I hope I can keep my ideas flowing.

In commenting other people’s stories, I learned a lot from them. Some of the classmates are very talented. They created a brand new story based on the original version. Unlike me, I usually created a background story or the after story for the original version. As for project’s feedback, I think I did a decent job, but there were few authors that did so well, it was difficult for me to look for flaw. I will continue to work hard on giving useful feedback.

Medusa. Link

Famous Last Words: Different Styles in Storytelling

I really like my portfolio’s readings for this week. The three portfolios that I commented have different way of telling story. Their styles were traditional story, diary-like story, and a story that was told in four different perspectives. Each author had a very unique way in captivate my attention. Let’s discuss the traditional style. The author told the story that I have read, but I didn’t recognize it. The story did keep the moral of the original version, but I think the author made the story more relatable and realistic to the reader. This is the style I often used for my assignment, but I think this author did put a lot of thoughts in creating the story. Next is the diary-like story. This style is very easy to make reader bore. However, I think this author made a good decision in choosing this style. Since the story was about an adventure of a sailor, the diary-style helped shorten the unnecessary time-transition details while emphasized on the important events and specific details. Lastly, it’s the story with four perspectives, a story that leave me at awe. I think it is very difficult to tell a short story in multiple perspectives. The disadvantage is that it is very easy to confuse the reader, but the advantage is that it’s allowed the reader to know what the character sees and feels. In my portfolio’s reading, an author used this style very well, especially when the story was not told in dialogue format. Because of this style, I was able to see the agony and the hatred of each character in the story. This is the style I really want to try in future when I have the confidence in the story I am going to write. Overall, I learned a lot from my fellow classmates on different style of storytelling.

Storytelling. Link

Tech Tip: Google Reverse Image Search

I found this tip very useful because there are many times when I downloaded the image but forgot where and how I searched for it online.  This tip is also useful in finding the exact image in various size since not all image has a specific name. This is why I chose this tip for this week assignment.

Story: The Origin of "Son of Heaven"

Susanoo. Link

“Susanowo, we have to find a way to stop Celestial Mother, Izanami, from caring for the mortals. If this continues, who knows what she might do. Remember her power of giving birth to all immortals.” One of the immortal Gods persuaded Susanowo, God of Storm and Sea.

“What he said is right. Celestial Mother is very biased. Look at the power of light that she granted to Amaterasu, making her more important to than you in the eyes of mortal. Although you, Susanowo, are powerful, the mortals despise you.” Another God added.

Hearing these words enrage Susanowo, who does not have any calm temper. “Yes, you all are right. However, what can we do? Izanagi, the God of Sky, is too protective toward his wife, Izanami. We are not powerful enough to fight against him.”

“Since Izanami is so devoted to the lowly mortals, we can strip away her immortality and exile her to the mortal realm.” An immortal God mockingly suggested.

After the immortal Gods agreed to the plan, they waited for time where Izanami is alone and combine their power to destroy her immortality.

“Oh all my descendants, how can you all teamed up to hurt me, your Mother?” As her immortality stripped away and her power weakened, Izanami, the Goddess of Love, cried out in pain.

“Celestial Mother, since you love the mortals too much, why don’t you spend your life with them?” One of the immortal Gods laughed in satisfaction.

Vulnerable against the group of immortal Gods, Izanami lost and fell down to the mortal realm. She resided among the mountains, where she gave birth to the God of Fire. Losing her immortality, Izanami was deeply injured by the fire of the new God during the delivery process. Despite her dooming situation, she still worried that her new descendant’s power would ruin the mortal realm. She used the last of her power to give birth to the God of Water, telling him to use his power to tame his brother’s fiery power when it is out of control. After doing so, Izanami’s soul descended to the Yomi, the realm of underworld.

At the same moment, Izanagi returned and found his wife missing. He franticly searched for her in all the realms, and he met her in the Yomi.

“My dear Izanami, what had happened to you? Why are you in your spirit form wandering in the dark Yomi?”

Izanami wept in misery and told Izanagi of her downfall. “My great Izanami, please don’t waste your power to save me. You know so well that death is irreversible even for the Gods. Just forget me and live one with your life.”

“Remember how we met for the first time at the beginning of this world. Together, we created this world. You and I have been together for so long. You are a part of me. Without you, my immortality means nothing.”

“But there is nothing you can do, Izanagi.”

“Don’t worry Izanami. I swore with my power that the sky will only exist when there is still love in the world. With this oath, I split my immortality with you. If we exist, we exist together. If we have to perish, we will perish together.”

As Izanagi completed his oath, Izanami’s soul returned to the mortal realm, but she could not stay far away from the Yomi’s door and appear under the light. Hence, Izanagi and Izanami resided at the Isle of Ahaji, where was shadowed with eternal gloom.

Transient World and Netherworld. Link

One day, Izanami consulted with Izanagi of her worries.

“Dear Izanagi, I fear that the immortal Gods will not stop after defeating me. I don’t know how they become so resentful toward the mortal. They told me that they will enslave the mortals. Now, you stayed with me in this place, there is no one to control them.”

“No worries, Izanami. I know what do to.”

Izanagi exercised his power as the father of the immortal Gods and the co-creator of the world.

“I, Izanagi, the God of Sky and Air, punished all the immortal Gods who teamed up of hurt their Celestial Mother, Izanami. Each of them will take turn to descend to the mortal realm and live as a mortal for one hundred years. If they don’t do so, they will lose their power and immortality. This is the punishment for their greed for power and selfishness.”

The world shook at Izanagi’s curse. The immortal Gods angered but they have to follow Izanagi’s words. However, they fear that other immortal Gods would hurt them when they descended to live in the mortal realm as the mortal. So, they made a pact that as long as there is an immortal God descended in the mortal realm. None of the Gods can enslave of hurt the mortal. Anyone who goes against this pact will suffer the same fate as Izanami and trap in Yomi forever.

Since then, the Japanese emperors were known as the Son of Heaven, indicating that they were the Gods who came down to mortal realm to endure the punishment of their greed and selfishness.

Author’s Notes

This is the first story in the Japanese Mythology Unit. In the original version, Izanami was exiled by the Gods for her love to the mortals. She died after giving birth to God of Fire and God of Water. Her husband, Izanagi, tried to save her, but there was nothing that he can do. So, he resided at the Isle of Ahaji while Izanami’s soul trapped in the Yomi. I admired the love between Izanagi and Izanami, and so, I want to write an ending where they can stay together. In addition, I’m very upset that the Gods who exiled Izanami did not get any punishment. So, I made up a punishment for them because these Gods were looking down on mortals, and so the worst punishment to them is to lose their power and live as the mortal who they want to enslave. I related the fact that the Japanese emperors claimed themselves as the Son of Heaven to indicate that they are the punished Gods.


Bibliography. E. W. Champney and F. Champney. Romance of Old Japan. Link

Reading Notes: Japanese Mythology, Part A

I really admire the love the between Izanagi and Izanami. However, they were separated by the jealousy of the immortal Gods, who were their descendants. Yet, both of them did not want to take revenge, but they search to stay together. I want to retell the story where they can stay together despise the curse of the immortal Gods. I want to expand the original story and add an after story. First, the immortal Gods saw how Izanami loved the mortal world. They feared of her power in giving birth to immortals, and she might give birth to someone with greater power than them. So, they teamed up to kill her. After Izanami died and her soul descended to Yomi, Izanagi grieved for the loss of his wife and followed her to the Yomi. Knowing that he cannot revive her life and immortality, he decided to split his life and immortality with her. He swore that the sky will only exist if love still exists. Other Gods want to prevent him but failed since Izanagi warned them that he will shatter the heaven if they stop him. Due to his swear, Izanami’s soul returned to Izanagi. However, her soul was weak and cannot stay far away from Yomi and walk under the light. Since then, Izanagi resided on isle of Ahaji to live with his wife. Before doing so, Izanagi afraid that the immortal Gods would enslave the mortal that Izanami had loved so dearly. Izanagi cursed that each immortal God have to descend to the mortal realm and live for 100 years as a mortal. After their term, they can return back to heaven, and anyone does not do so, they will lose their immortality. Since then, the Japanese emperor is known as the son of heaven because they are the descended Gods.

Bibliography. E. W. Champney and F. Champney. Romance of Old Japan. Part A

Izanagi and Izanami. Link