thology 4 At the beginning of 'The Birth-Time of the Gods," the storyteller claims that the world was chaos before the time of the gods Which textual evidence supports this claim? "These two beings were the powerful God of the Air, Izanagi, and the fair Goddess of the Clouds. Izanami." "All things were formless and confused." *Then he plunged his jeweled spear into the seething mass below." O the island that rose from the deep was little more than a barren waste." 1 2 3