now the prince ascribed his escape entirely to the virtue of the sword of murakumo , and to the protection of amaterasu , the sun goddess of ise , who controls the wind and all the elements and insures the safety of all who pray to her in the hour of danger . lifting the precious sword he raised it above his head many times in token of his great respect , and as he did this he re - named it kusanagi - no - tsurugi or the grass - cleaving sword , and the place where he set fire to the grass round him and escaped from death in the burning prairie , he called yaidzu . to this day there is a spot along the great tokaido railway named yaidzu , which is said to be the very place where this thrilling event took place .
the sword of murakumo .
who did the prince say was responsible for his escape ?
who did the prince say was responsible for his escape ?