Editing History of the Ryukyu Islands (section)

===Mythology, the Shunten Dynasty and the Eiso Dynasty===
The first history of Ryukyu was written in ''[[Chūzan Seikan]]'' ("Mirrors of Chūzan"), which was compiled by [[Shō Shōken]] (1617–75), also known as Haneji Chōshū.  The Ryukyuan creation myth is told, which includes the establishment of [[List of monarchs of Ryukyu Islands#Tenson Dynasty|Tenson]] as the first king of the islands and the creation of the ''[[Noro (priestess)|Noro]]'', female priestesses of the [[Ryukyuan religion]]. The throne was usurped from one of Tenson's descendants by a man named Riyu. ''Chūzan Seikan'' then tells the story of a Japanese samurai, [[Minamoto no Tametomo]] (1139–70), who fought in the [[Hogen Rebellion]] of 1156 and fled first to [[Izu Island]] and then to Okinawa. He had relations with the sister of the Aji of Ōzato and sired [[Shunten]], who then led a popular rebellion against Riyu and established his own rule at [[Urasoe Castle]]. Most historians, however, discount the Tametomo story as a revisionist history that is intended to legitimize Japanese domination over Okinawa.<ref>Tze May Loo, ''Heritage Politics: Shuri Castle and Okinawa's Incorporation into Modern Japan'' (New York: Lexington Books, 2014), 94-96.</ref> Shunten's dynasty ended in the third generation when his grandson, [[Gihon (Ryukyu)|Gihon]], abdicated, went into exile, and was succeeded by Eiso, who began a new royal lineage. The [[Eiso (Ryukyu)|Eiso]] dynasty continued for five generations.{{cn|date=August 2024}}