神かみ代よ

noun

age of the gods; mythological age; ancient time

Refers to the era when gods ruled the world in Japanese mythology; often used in literary or historical contexts.

• 神かみ代よの昔むかし、天あま照てらす大神おおみかみが岩いわ戸とに隠かくれたという。

  In the age of the gods, Amaterasu is said to have hidden in the rock cave.

noun

time before Emperor Jimmu's ascension

Only with reading じんだい

Specifically the mythological period before the legendary first emperor Jimmu; often read じんだい in this sense.

• 神じん代だいから人じん代だいへ移うつるのが神じん武む天皇てんのうの即そく位いとされる。

  The transition from the age of the gods to the age of men is marked by Emperor Jimmu's ascension.