Jesus in Japan, Who Knew?

There seems to be an effort to rebrand or reintroduce Jesus these days, we thought we would help out, introducing another narrative found in Japan.

Ok, the story goes like this: in a small village, called Shingo in the north of Japan is where Jesus Christ lived and eventually died, leaving behind his descendants.

According to the story, Jesus travelled to Japan at the age of 21 to study theology, spent 12 years in the country during a period that's not written about in the New Testament.

After returning to Jerusalem, and getting into trouble with the Romans, he somehow convinced his younger brother Isukiri to face the trial and crucifixion. 

As Jesus skips town, no one notices it’s a different person and his younger brother dies on the cross instead. 

Jesus then fled back to Japan, which involved a four year journey spanning 6,000 miles.

He became known as Daitenku Taro Jurai to locals, and lived in Shingo in exile, growing garlic.

Jesus fell in love with a farmer's daughter called Miyuko, and they married and had three children.

He is believed to have died in the village at the age of 106.

GODS GODS GODS

So many different beliefs, which path to take, how to decide?

The good news is, there’s no need to worry, plenty of Gods to go around and apparently they all teach the truth.

Greek Gods

Chinese Gods

Celtic Gods

Norse Gods

Slavic Gods

Oceanic Gods

Native American Gods

Wait, there’s more…

In an effort to assist, here are some other God choices to choose from…

Agdistis or Angdistis

Ah Puch

Ahura Mazda

Alberich

Allah

Amaterasu

An

Anansi

Anat

Andvari

Anshar

Anu

Aphrodite

Apollo

Apsu

Ares

Artemis

Asclepius

Athena

Athirat

Athtart

Atlas

Baal

Ba Xian

Bacchus

Balder

Bast

Bellona

Bergelmir

Bes

Bixia Yuanjin

Bragi

Brahma

Brigit

Camaxtli

Ceres

Ceridwen

Cernunnos

Chac

Chalchiuhtlicue

Charun

Chemosh

Cheng-huang

Cybele

Dagon

Damkina (Dumkina)

Davlin

Dawn

Demeter

Diana

Di Cang

Dionysus

Ea

El

Enki

Enlil

Eos

Epona

Ereskigal

Farbauti

Fenrir

Forseti

Fortuna

Freya

Freyr

Frigg

Gaia

Ganesha

Ganga

Garuda

Gauri

Geb

Geong Si

Guanyin

Hades

Hanuman

Hathor

Hecate (Hekate)

Helios

Heng-o (Chang-o)

Hephaestus

Hera

Hermes

Hestia

Hod

Hoderi

Hoori

Horus

Hotei

Huitzilopochtli

Hsi-Wang-Mu

Hygeia

Inanna

Inti

Iris

Ishtar

Isis

Ixtab

Izanaki

Izanami

Jesus

Juno

Jupiter

Juturna

Kagutsuchi

Kartikeya

Khepri

Ki

Kingu

Kinich Ahau

Kishar

Krishna

Kuan-yin

Kukulcan

Kvasir

Lakshmi

Leto
Liza

Loki

Lugh

Luna

Magna Mater

Maia

Marduk

Mars

Mazu

Medb

Mercury

Mimir

Minerva

Mithras

Morrigan

Mot

Mummu

Muses

Nammu

Nanna

Nanna (Norse)

Nanse

Neith

Nemesis

Nephthys

Neptune

Nergal

Ninazu

Ninhurzag

Nintu

Ninurta

Njord

Nugua

Nut

Odin

Ohkuninushi

Ohyamatsumi

Orgelmir

Osiris

Ostara

Pan

Parvati

Phaethon

Phoebe

Phoebus Apollo

Pilumnus

Poseidon

Quetzalcoatl

Rama

Re

Rhea

Sabazius

Sarasvati

Selene

Shiva

Seshat

Seti (Set)

Shamash

Shapsu

Shen Yi

Shiva

Shu

Si-Wang-Mu

Sin

Sirona

Sol

Surya

Susanoh

Tawaret

Tefnut

Tezcatlipoca

Thanatos

Thor

Thoth

Tiamat

Tlaloc

Tianhou

Tonatiuh

Toyo-Uke-Bime

Tyche

Tyr

Utu

Uzume

Vediovis

Venus

Vesta

Vishnu

Volturnus

Vulcan

Xipe

Xi Wang-mu

Xochipilli

Xochiquetzal

Yam

Yarikh

Yhwh

Ymir

Yu-huang

Yum Kimil

Zeus

Oh, by the way...

Wardruna - Solringen

 

Lyrics

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende 

Rooster crows seriously in the meadow

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende 

Rooster crows seriously in the meadow 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Rooster galloping rice in earnest in the meadow (bringa)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (bringa)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Rooster galloping rice in earnest in the meadow (bringa)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (bringa)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

Roosters gallant, galdars growling (Breeding in) 

Hanar galande, galdrar groande (Avl i) 

Nornar spinning, lagnadar binding (earth) 

Nornar spinnande, lagnadar bindande (jordi) 

Gods crying, wolves raging (Avl i) 

Gudar gråtande, ulvar ulande (Avl i) 

Ravens shouting, rooks sleeping (Jordi) 

Ravnar ropande, risar sovande (jordi) 

Shadows threatening, the axis threatening (Breeding in) 

Skuggar truande, aksen truande (Avl i) 

Roe growing, sun shining (earth) 

Rogne voksande, soli skinande (jordi) 

Wolves chasing the sun fleeing (The sun went in the ring summeren send) 

Ulvar jagande soli flyktande (Sola gjekk i ringen sumaren sende) 

Hanar gallande, galdrar groande (Hanar gallar rice measure seriously in the meadow)

Hanar galande, galdrar groande (Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Rooster galloping rice in earnest in the meadow (bringa)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (bringa)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground) 

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi) 

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent (Avl i) 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende (Avl i) 

Hanar galar rice measure for seriousness in the meadow (ground)

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga (jordi)

The sun went in the ring, the summer sent 

Sola gjekk i ringen, sumaren sende 

Rooster crows seriously in the meadow

Hanar galar rismål for alvar i enga

Source: Musixmatch

Songwriters: Einar Selvik