[Answer] What do these sacred rocks in Japan represent?

[1-23-2022] Microsoft Rewards Bing Homepage Quiz Question: What do these sacred rocks in Japan represent?

The given options are:

  • Wealth
  • Obedience
  • Marriage

Correct Answer: Marriage

Fact: Just off the shore of Futami, in the southern-central region of Japan’s main island, Honshu, these two rocks represent a sacred union between a divine couple. Known collectively as Meoto Iwa (Wedded Rocks), the sea stacks represent Izanagi and Izanami, the married brother-and-sister deities who created the islands of Japan and its gods in Japanese mythology.

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