Ryukyuan mythology: myths on creation of оecumene and the origins of a human society (рart 1)

Keywords: japan, Ryukyu/Okinawa, cosmogonical myths (myths on creation of Оecumene and human beings), myths on emergence of human society, country and state, state (court) and folk mythology, Ryukyuan religion, Ryukyuan Shinto, priestesses cult