| Many of the accounts in "Nihon Shoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) and "Kojiki" are stories created to explain the origin of things and it is highly doubtful whether or not they are descriptions of facts. |
『日本書紀』、『古事記』に見える事績は総じて起源譚の性格が強く、その史実性については多分に疑問である。 |