| Japanese
Mythology. Part 7 { the crisis of Oo-Namuchi } |
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| Yasogami angered against
Oo-Namuchi, and wanted to kill
him. Oneday Yasogami went togather with Oo-Namuchi to the mountain, to hunt razorback. And there, Yasogami ordered Oo-Namuchi, "I'll chased razorback, and you should wait here with a bow." and he went into the woods. Some times ago, Yasogami shouted loudly from the woods. "I find big red razorback, now chasing, and make it to go your side,OK?" Oo-Namuchi answered "OK" Soon big red one shooted from the woods, and hit up to Oo-Namuchi. But it was not a razorback, but a fired rock. Oo-Namuchi burned all his body. The white rabbit saw this from the woods, and runninng hurry to the mother of Oo-Namuchi. The mother named Sashikuni-waka-hime heard this and surprised. Then she visited hurry to sisiter Umugai-hime and Kisagai-hime to help Oo-Namuchi. Umugai-hime and Kisagai-hime are both Goddess of shell. (Umugai meas clam,Kisagai means ark shell) The sisters applied the powder of shell to Oo-Namuchi, and saved his life. |
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| After that, Yasogami tried
to kill Oo-Namuchi again. Yasogami laid a snare in the woods, and leaded on Oo-Namuchi. When Oo-Namuchi was caught the snare, Yasogami bowed. Oo-Namuchi was almost died. But his mother saved him again. She said to Oo-Namuchi,"If you continued to be here,you'll be killed by Yasogami. You should escape here and go to the Land Ki-no-kuni. There lives your uncle Oo-yabiko." Oo-namuchi escaped but Yasogami chased him. So Oo-namuchi escaped again to the Land Ne-no-kuni,where Susanou lived. |
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| "Oo-yabiko" is another name of "Iso-takeru", son
of Susanou. He planted out many seeds of tree,so his living area was called Ki-no-kuni, now it is considered South Wakayama-ken. Word "Ki-no-kuni"means "woody land",and "Oo-yabiko" means "a man living in the big wooden house". "Ne-no-kuni" is another name of "the Land Yomi". At there,Susanou lives with his youngest daughter Suseri-hime. |
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