Don't see where I made the claim. Only wondered. If wondering makes me weird, I'd rather be weird than wired. ;>
There has been much discussion on the Anu-nnaki of ancient myth during the past forty years. Interesting stuff.
I know they're cool, but they're not identical or related to ancient Japanese :)
Ainu Creation
retold by: Lauren Hafernick
I have retold a traditional Ainu creation story within my framework for children ages 4 - 7. The Ainu came before the Japanese people arrived and they have a distinct ethnic heritage. I did not change much from my original source. Instead, I simplified the story as if I were explaining it to small kids.
When the world first began, there was nothing. Above the nothingness were six skies and below the nothingness were six worlds. Good people, bad people and animals lived above and below the nothingness. Good people lived above, bad people lived below and both had animals. The creator god, Kami, lived above with his servants.
Long ago, Kami made the earth with lots and lots of water resting on the back of a very big fish. When the fish would breath in and out, the earth would have waves and when the fish moved, it would cause earthquakes. The whole world was filled with water.
One day, Kami got very tired of there always being so much water. So, Kami came up with a plan to change the earth and asked a big dog that was an animal who lived on the earth to help. The dog's name was Yayshu and he was special because he had a very big tail. Yayshu agreed to follow Kami's instruction to change the earth. Kami told Yayshu to travel down and swim deep into the water and find the bottom. Then he told Yayshu to begin beating down the water with his gigantic tail.
When Yayshu finally reached the bottom, he was exhausted and saw no way to beat the water down. But he used all his strength and finally began to make progress. After days and days of Yayshu beating down the water, Kami began to see his plan working and he was delighted. Patches of land rose up and formed through Yayshu's hard work of beating down the water. The land floated among the large expanse of water. But when Yayshu stopped beating his tail to evaluate his progress, the land started sinking into the water again. That is why Yayshu is still below, working hard to provide us with the floating land we walk upon today.
Once the animals living above with Kami saw how beautiful the earth was becoming, they begged the creator god to let them go and live above water, on the land. But Kami would not allow it, because he had another plan to create people. Ainu was the first man created. He had the hair of weeds and his spine was made from a stick. Kami was pleased with his creation and delighted in all that was achieved through Ainu.
I wanted to post the sumerian creation story but that is like, a whole book.