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V·T·E·Q115724607 on Wikidata

The Mythology taskforce of WikiProject Japan aims primarily to expand, improve and standardize all Japanese mythology and Japanese folklore articles on Wikipedia. Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles) is used for style purposes. Closely related is the Shinto taskforce, which covers Shinto-specific topics.

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Open tasks

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Recognized content

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Good articles

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Did you know (DYK)s

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Formerly recognized content

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Former good articles

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Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team release version selections

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To do

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News and announcements

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Templates

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Large Vertical Navbox: the large vertical navbox template is {{Jmyth infobox}}.

Smaller Vertical Navbox: the smaller vertical navbox template is {{Jmyth navbox tall}}.

Horizontal Navbox: the horizontal "footer" navigation template is {{Jmyth navbox long}}.

Userbox: userbox can be found at {{User Jmyth}}.

Project tagging

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Use {{WikiProject Japan}} to mark Japanese mythology articles talk pages by copying the following: {{WikiProject Japan|myth=yes}}

Structure

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For articles on legendary figures, follow Wikipedia:WikiProject Biography. Make sure to specify:

  • Name in Kanji and literal transliteration if different from the usual English name.
  • Year of birth (and death if applicable)
  • Impact/influence (if any)

Use the form of the name in English that is that is the most common usage (e.g. Abe no Seimei, not Seimei Abe. See also Wikipedia:Manual of Style (Japan-related articles)#Person names and Japanese name#Japanese names in English.

Images

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In addition to writing great articles about Japanese mythology, our goal is also to illustrate these articles. Fortunately, Japan has a long artistic tradition that stretches back hundreds of years. This means that much Japanese art is in the public domain. Moreover, Japan's mythology is an integral part of its culture, which means that Wikipedia editors who live in or take a trip to Japan have myriad opportunities to photograph shrines, statues, masks, and other mythology-related items.

If you have an image you would like to contribute, please upload it to Wikimedia Commons. That way, users of Wikipedia's sister projects can also have access to the image. Don't forget to choose an image license (generally {{GFDL}} if you took the photo yourself or {{PD-art}} if its a public-domain artwork).

Finally, don't forget to categorize your images. Most Japanese mythology-related images should go in Category:Japanese folklore or Category:Japanese mythology at Commons or in one of their subcategories.

Categorization

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Articles related to this project fall under one of two general categories: Category:Japanese folklore or Category:Japanese mythology.

Reference List

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The following references could be useful for expanding and improving Japanese Mythology articles:

Web Sites

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  • "A-to-Z Photo Dictionary of Japanese Buddhist & Shinto Deities". Retrieved July 5, 2006.
  • "The Obakemono Project". Retrieved February 27, 2006.
  • "Japanese Mythology - The gods of Japan". Retrieved February 27, 2006.
  • "Encyclopedia of Shinto". Retrieved March 4, 2006.
  • "the Mukashibanashi Library". Retrieved October 5, 2006.

Online Text Sources

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If you can, please reference print sources before you reference websites. Some print sources can be found online in the following places:

The entire runs of these academic journals are available for free on Nanzan University's website:

Books

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  • Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-Clio, Inc. ISBN 1-57607-467-6. Offers excellent brief overviews with information gathered from various sources.
  • Hearn, Lafcadio (1971). In Ghostly Japan. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3361-2 Parameter error in {{ISBN}}: checksum. Available online.
  • Hearn, Lafcadio (1971). Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 4-8053-0750-1. Available online.
  • Ono, Sokyo; Woodard, William P. (1962). Shinto: The Kami Way. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 0-8048-3557-8.
  • Smith, Richard Gordon (1918). Ancient Tales and Folklore of Japan. A. C. Black. Available online.
  • Suzuki, Setsuko, ed. (1996). 英語で話す「日本の心」Keys to the Japanese Heart and Soul. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2082-1.
  • Tyler, Royall (1987). Japanese Tales. Pantheon Books. ISBN 0-394-75656-8.
  • Williston, Teresa (1911). Japanese Fairy Tales: Second Series. Rand McNally & Co. Available online.

Secondary Sources

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Although they may be helpful in creating articles, information found in the following sources may be inaccurate. Please verify any information found in these sources before using it in your articles.

Parent Wikiprojects

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WikiProject Japan, WikiProject Mythology and WikiProject Shinto can be considered the parents of this project. WikiProject China covers many topics related to Japanese mythology, and WikiProject Anime and manga covers topics which use many elements of the same.

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