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Ashinazuchi And Tenazuchi
Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi are a pair of Japanese deities. They are the parents of Kushinadahime, the wife of Susanoo-no-Mikoto. The serpent killed their other 7 daughters. Their names mean foot stroking elder and hand stroking elder respectively. They are considered Kunitsukami. They are the only two deities of the Kojiki explicitly stated as elders. Ashinazuchi brought alcohol to Susanoo in order to kill Yamata no Orochi alongside Tensazuchi. Susanoo got the serpent drunk with the alcohol and killed it for them. In the ''Kojiki'' and the ''Nihon Shoki'', the god Susanoo, after his banishment from the heavenly realm Takamagahara, came down to earth, to the land of Izumo, where he encountered an elderly couple named Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, both children of the mountain god Ōyamatsumi. They told him of a monstrous creature from the nearby land of Koshi known as the Yamata no Orochi ("eight-forked serpent") that had devoured seven of their eight daughters. Upon hearing th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsuno Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in the Kawakita neighborhood of the town of Tsuno, Miyazaki, Tsuno, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. It is the ''ichinomiya'' of the former Hyūga Province. The main festival of the shrine is held annually on December 5. Enshrined ''kami'' The primary ''kami'' enshrined at Tsuno Jinja is: * head of the ''kunitsukami'', the gods of the earth, and the original ruler of the terrestrial world, History The foundation of Tsuno Shrine is unknown. According to the shrine's legend, it was founded six years before Emperor Jimmu's accession to the throne, when the Emperor departed Hyūga on his expedition to conquer the east. It is also claimed that Empress Jingū worshipped at this location for the safety of her fleet during her conquest of the Korean Peninsula, and said that the first time that the shrine was built was after the Empress's triumphant return. In addition to the ruins dating back to the Jōmon period, the Tsuno area is home to more than 20 kofun, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
