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English: They had eight daughters, but a great snake known as Yamatanoorochi (eight-headed serpent) came to their house every year to eat their daughters, and when Susano came to visit the two deities, the snake was about to come to eat Kushinadahime, who was their youngest and last remaining daughter.
Japanese: 8人の娘がいたが、毎年ヤマタノオロチがやって来て娘を食べてしまい、スサノオが二神の元にやって来た時には、最後に残った末娘のクシナダヒメを食いにオロチがやって来る前だった。
English: Promising to give Kushinadahime to Susano as his wife if he could get rid of the Orochi snake, the two deities made preparations to exterminate the snake.
Japanese: 二神はスサノオがオロチを退治する代わりにクシナダヒメを妻として差し上げることを了承し、オロチ退治の準備を行った。
English: Having succeeded in exterminating the Orochi snake and having built a palace in Suga, Susano called Ashinazuchi and ordered the head Suga to award him the title Inada no miya nushi sugano yatsumimi no kami (Lord of the rice growing country with eight ears; different kanji are used for the title in "Kojiki" and "Nihonshoki").
Japanese: スサノオが無事オロチを退治し須賀の地に宮殿を建てると、スサノオはアシナヅチを呼び、宮の首長に任じて稲田宮主須賀之八耳神（いなだのみやぬしすがのやつみみのかみ）（『日本書紀』では稲田宮主神）の名を与えた。
English: Some people argue that the word 'nazu' used in their names means 'to caress' and 'chi' 'holy spirits' and that Ashi (meaning 'foot' in Japanese) nazuchi and Te (meaning 'hand') nazuchi signify the way in which parents caress their daughters' hands and feet with loving care.
Japanese: 「ナヅ」は「撫づ（撫でる）」、「チ」は精霊の意で、父母が娘の手足を撫でて慈しむ様子を表わすとする説
English: Others argue that the word 'ashina' means 'asaine,' or late ripening varieties of rice, and 'tena' 'toina,' early ripening varieties of rice.
Japanese: 「アシナ」は浅稲（あさいね）で晩成の稲の意、「テナ」は速稲（といな）で早稲の意とする説
English: Still others argue that since the word 'zuchi' in old Japanese referred to a snake, as in the word 'mizuchi,' the names of these gods represent serpent gods named 'Ashi-nashi-zuchi' (or a serpent without feet) and 'Te-nashi-zuchi' (a serpent without hands).
Japanese: 古語で蛇を「ミヅチ（御づち）」とするように「ヅチ」は蛇を指すことから、「脚無し蛇」「手無し蛇」という手足を持たない蛇の造形を示した蛇神を示しているとする説
English: Susa-jinja Shrine (Izumo City, Shimane Prefecture) is located on the supposed site of Susano's palace.
Japanese: スサノオの宮殿があったとされる地には須佐神社(出雲市)（島根県出雲市）がある。
English: The Inada clan (later Susa clan), whose members have been hereditary priests of Susa-jinja Shrine, claim to be the descendents of Okuninushi no mikoto and the current priest (as of 2004) is the 78th generation counting from Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi.
Japanese: 代々須佐神社の神職を務める稲田氏（後に須佐氏）は大国主の子孫であり、アシナヅチ・テナヅチから数えて2004年現在で78代目であるとしている。
English: Apart from Susa-jinja Shrine, these gods are enshrined in shrines such as Hiromine-jinja Shrine (Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture) and Hikawa-jinja Shrine (Kawagoe City, Saitama Prefecture).
Japanese: 須佐神社のほか、廣峯神社（兵庫県姫路市）、氷川神社(川越市)（埼玉県川越市）などで祀られている。
English: Monkyakujin-jinja Shrine (guest god shrine) in Hikawa-jinja Shrine in Saitama Prefecture, whose worshippers are alleged to be descendents of the Mononobe clan, used to be called Arahabaki-jinja Shrine and is dedicated to a mysterious god called Arahabaki.
Japanese: 神社関係者が物部の末裔との伝承を持つ埼玉の氷川神社の門客人神社は元々荒脛巾(あらはばき)神社と呼ばれ謎の神アラハバキを祭る神社である。
English: For some unknown reason, the Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi gods are enshrined in this shrine along with Arahabaki.
Japanese: ここにはなぜかアシナヅチ、テナヅチの２神がアラハバキと共に奉られている。
English: The Omononushi god of Mt. Miwa (Nara), which allegedly was originally worshipped by the Mononobe clan and appears in mythology as an evil god, is believed to have been a serpent god.
Japanese: 物部の本来の祭神とも言われ、祟り神として神話に現れる三輪山のオオモノヌシが蛇神とされた。
English: There is also evidence to suggest that the Arahabaki god may have been worshipped in Shitennoji in Osaka, which was the Mononobe clan's sacred land.
Japanese: また物部の聖地であった大阪四天王寺の地にアラハバキ信仰の痕跡が残る。
English: The mystery about Hikawa-jinja Shrine has also led some people to discuss possible relationships between Yamatanoorochi, Arahabaki and the Mononobe clan.
Japanese: この氷川神社の謎からさらにヤマタノオロチとアラハバキ、そして物部の関連が指摘されることがある。
English: Ajisukitakahikone or Ajishikitakahikone is a Shinto deity who appears in Japanese Mythology.
Japanese: アヂスキタカヒコネ（アヂシキタカヒコネとも）は、日本神話に登場する神(神道)。
English: In the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), it is written in Japanese kanji as "阿遅鉏高日子根神," "阿遅志貴高日子根神," or "阿治志貴高日子根神."
Japanese: 古事記では阿遅鉏高日子根神、阿遅志貴高日子根神、阿治志貴高日子根神と表記する。
English: He attended the funeral of Amenowakahiko, Shitateru-hime's husband, who died because he did not report on his mission to Takamanohara (Heaven).
Japanese: シタテルヒメの夫で、高天原に復命しなかったために死んでしまったアメノワカヒコの葬儀を訪れた。
English: However, Ajisukitakahikone so closely resembled Amenowakahiko that Amatsukunitama, Amenowakahiko's father, misunderstood that his son was still alive, and hugged him.
Japanese: しかし、アヂスキタカヒコネはアメノワカヒコとそっくりであったため、アメノワカヒコの父のアマツクニタマが、アメノワカヒコが生きていたものと勘違いして抱きついてきた。
English: As Ajisukitakahikone got angry for being confused with a dead person, he cut down the funeral house with a sword and destroyed it.
Japanese: アヂスキタカヒコネは穢わしい死人と一緒にするなと怒り、剣を抜いて喪屋を切り倒し、蹴り飛ばしてしまった。
English: According to the Izumo fudoki (the topography of Izumo Province), in early childhood, his crying and screaming were so loud that he was forced to get into a boat to sail to the Yasoshima islands until he calmed down, or repeatedly climb up and down a ladder set up against a high tower.
Japanese: 出雲国風土記によれば、幼い時、その泣き叫ぶ声が非常に大きかったので、静かになるまで船に乗せて八十島（日本）を巡ったり、高屋を作って梯子をかけそれを上り下りさせたりした。
English: He had a child named Takitsuhiko with Ame no mikaji-hime, the god of rain.
Japanese: 天御梶日女（あめのみかじひめ）との間に雨の神である多伎都比古（たきつひこ）をもうけたとしている。
English: According to "Kojikiden (Commentaries on the Kojiki)," 'Aji' used in his name is a synonym for 'Umashi (splendid),' and 'Shiki' written as 磯城 means stone pavement.
Japanese: 『古事記伝』では「アヂ」は「可美（うまし）」と同義語であり、「シキ」はを磯城で石畳のことであるとしている。
English: There is also a theory regarding the origin of Ajisukitakahikone in which he and Amenowakahiko were originally defined as the same god from a description of their resemblance; and he symbolizes grains which wither in autumn and regrow in spring, or the sun which becomes lower in Winter and higher in Spring.
Japanese: アメノワカヒコとそっくりであったとの記述から、元々アメノワカヒコと同一の神で、穀物が秋に枯れて春に再生する、または太陽が冬に力が弱まり春に復活する様子を表したものであるとする説もある。
English: The Kojiki describes the way he comes and goes between heaven and earth, and how much he gets infuriated; the Izumo fudoki also describes how loudly he cries and screams, and the way he goes up and down the ladder; these descriptions imply thunder.
Japanese: 古事記における天地を行き来する姿や激情ぶり、出雲国風土記における泣き叫ぶ声の大きさや梯子を上り下りする姿は、雷を表したものである。
English: Accordingly, he is the god of Yamato which was worshiped by the Kamo clan, a family of the Kamo-sha Shrine in Katsuragi, Yamato Province.
Japanese: すなわちこの神は大和国葛城の賀茂社の鴨氏が祭っていた大和の神である。
English: Amaterasu Omikami and Kamono Omikami are the only examples of deities which are called 'Omikami' (Great God) from the beginning of the Kojiki.
Japanese: 古事記で最初から「大御神」と呼ばれているのは、天照大御神と迦毛大御神だけである。
English: Ajisukitakahikone is worshiped as the god of agriculture, thunder, or real estate business, and is enshrined in the Takakamo-jinja Shrine (Gose City, Nara Prefecture) and Tsutsukowake-jinja Shrine (Tanagura-machi, Higashishirakawa-gun, Fukushima Prefecture).
Japanese: 農業の神、雷の神、不動産業の神として信仰されており、高鴨神社（奈良県御所市）、都々古別神社（福島県東白川郡棚倉町）などに祀られている。
English: His alternate names are Amatsuhikohikohohodemi no Mikoto, Hikohohodemi no Mikoto and Soratsuhiko.
Japanese: 別名天津日高日子穂穂手見命（あまつひこひこほほでみ）、日子穂穂手見命（ひこほほでみ）、虚空津日高（そらつひこ）。
English: In order to disprove his suspicion Konohana no sakuya-bime gave birth to three gods in fire, and Hoori was the youngest of the three.
Japanese: コノハナノサクヤビメがその疑いを晴らすために火中で生んだ三神の末子であった。
English: Toyotama-bime gave birth to Ugayafukiaezu (the father of Kamuyamato iwarehiko (Emperor Jinmu)).
Japanese: トヨタマビメはウガヤフキアエズ（カムヤマトイワレヒコ（神武天皇）の父）を生んだ。
English: The site of his burial is 'to the west of Mt. Takachiho' according to the "Kojiki," and the 'Takayanoyamanoe no misasagi tomb in Himuka' according to "Nihonshoki."
Japanese: 埋葬地は、『古事記』では「高千穂山の西」、『日本書紀』では「日向の高屋山上陵」としている。
English: According to the mythology, 'ho' in the name implies fire, but 'ori' means to bend something until it almost breaks.
Japanese: 名前の「ホ」は、神話では火の意味としているが、「おり（をり）」は、折れるほどにたわむことである。
English: In his alternate name, 'Amatsuhiko' means Amatsu Kami (god of heaven), 'hiko' means male (hiko), and 'hohotemi' can be considered to mean clusters of rice formed in the head of the rice plant.
Japanese: 別名の「天津日高」は天津神、「日子」は男性（彦）のことで、「穂穂手見」は穂が沢山出て実るの意と考えられる。
English: Furthermore, because he was born when the fire was going out, he is also associated with water, which is very important in agriculture.
Japanese: また、火が消えた時に生まれた子であるので、農業には大切な水との関連もあることになる。
English: Incidentally, according to one section of Nihonshoki the name 'Hikohohodemi' is considered to be Emperor Jinmu's name.
Japanese: なお、「ヒコホホデミ（彦火火出見）」という名前は、日本書紀の一書では神武天皇の名前となっている。
English: He is enshrined in such places as Kagoshima-jingu Shrine (Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture) and Wakasahiko-jinja Kamisha Shrine (Obama City, Fukui Prefecture).
Japanese: 鹿児島神宮（鹿児島県霧島市）、若狭彦神社上社（福井県小浜市）などに祀られている。
English: He is often enshrined with his father, Ninigi, mother, Konohana no sakuya-bime and wife, Toyotama-bime.
Japanese: 父母のニニギとコノハナノサクヤビメ、妻のトヨタマビメと一緒に祀られていることが多い。
English: In 1874, the Meiji government designated the foot of Kirishima mountain range in Kirishima City, Kagoshima Prefecture as Takayanoyamanoe no misasagi tomb.
Japanese: 明治政府はその中から、明治7年に鹿児島県霧島市にある霧島山麓を「高屋山上陵」と治定した。
English: This designation was based on the description, 'to the west of Mt. Takachiho' in the Kojiki, assuming that 'Mt. Takachiho' to be the crest of Takachihonomine (Mt. Takachiho).
Japanese: これは古事記の「高千穂山の西」という記述に基づき、「高千穂山」を高千穂峰とみなして定めたものである。
English: According to alternate traditions, the tumulus in Takachiho-cho, Miyazaki Prefecture, Mt. Kunimi in Kimotsuki-cho, Kagoshima Prefecture, Mt. Noma-dake in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, and Takaya-jinja Shrine in Murasumi-cho, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture are also considered to be Hoori's tombs.
Japanese: 他に、宮崎県高千穂町内の古墳、鹿児島県肝付町の国見山、鹿児島県南さつま市の野間岳、宮崎県宮崎市村角町の高屋神社などもホオリの神陵という伝承がある。
English: It has been passed down that Hoori-gawa River, which is a tributary of Gokase-gawa River in northern Miyazaki Prefecture, is the river in which Hoori was bathed at birth.
Japanese: 宮崎県北部にある五ヶ瀬川の支流の祝子川（ほおりがわ）は、ホオリが生まれた時に産湯として使った川と伝えられている。
English: It is said that sparrows are not found in the watershed of this river because Hoori is a god of rice fields and harvest.
Japanese: ホオリが田の神であることから流域にはスズメが生息していないのだという。
English: In order to disprove his suspicion Konohana no sakuya-bime gave birth to three gods in fire, and Hoderi was the oldest of the three.
Japanese: コノハナノサクヤビメがその疑いを晴らすために火中で生んだ三神の長子であった。
English: He was named Hoderi because he was born when the fire was burning fiercely and brightly.
Japanese: 火がさかんに燃えて照り輝いている時に生まれたのでホデリと名附けたとする。
English: According to the mythology, 'ho' in the name implies fire, but 'deri' means to 'shine,' and therefore it means ripening of the rice plant to a red color or burning fire that is shining brightly.
Japanese: 名前の「ホ」は、神話では火の意味としているが、「デリ」は「照り」であり、穂が赤く熟すること、または火が赤く照り輝くことを意味する。
English: In the body of the text in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), the ancestor that is worshipped as a god of Hayato is said to be Honosusori (Hosuseri) no Mikoto instead of Hoderi.
Japanese: 日本書紀本文では隼人の祖神をホデリではなく火闌降命（ホノスソリ、ホスセリ）としている。
English: In Arufumi (supplement volumes of explanatory notes in Nihonshoki) Vol. 8, all of Hoderi's achievements mentioned in the Kojiki are written as Honosusori no Mikoto's (Hosuseri) accomplishments.
Japanese: 第八の一書では古事記でのホデリの事績が全て火闌降命の事績として書かれている。
English: Therefore, the dominant theory is that Hoderi is a god created by those who wrote the Kojiki.
Japanese: よって、ホデリは古事記の編纂者によって創られた神であるとする説が有力となっている。
English: In 460, when Emperor Yuryaku went deer hunting in Mt. Katsuragi in Yamato Province, he saw a group of people walking along the ridge of the mountain in front of him.
Japanese: 460年（雄略天皇4年）、雄略天皇が大和葛城山へ鹿狩りをしに行ったとき、ある一行が向かいの尾根を歩いているのを見附けた。
English: They were dressed just like his own group, wearing clothes dyed in blue with red strings attached.
Japanese: それは、紅紐の付いた青摺の衣を着た、天皇一行と全く同じ恰好の一行であった。
English: When Emperor Yuryaku asked their names, the leader of the group answered, 'I am the great Hitokotonushi god of Katsuragi, who tells fortunes, both good and bad.'
Japanese: 雄略天皇が名を問うと「吾は悪事も一言、善事も一言、言い離つ神。葛城の一言主の大神なり」と答えた。
English: Struck with awe, the emperor told his men to present the god with bows and arrows along with the clothes they were wearing.
Japanese: 天皇は恐れ入り、弓や矢のほか、官吏たちの着ている衣服を脱がさせて一言主神に差し上げた。
English: In Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), which was written in 720, slightly later than the Kojiki, Emperor Yuryaku accidentally meets the deity Hitokotonushi just as in the Kojiki, but subsequently goes hunting with the god and has an equal status.
Japanese: 少し後の720年に書かれた日本書紀では、雄略天皇が一言主神に出会う所までは同じだが、その後共に狩りをして楽しんだと書かれていて、天皇と対等の立場になっている。
English: In Volume 25 of Shoku Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan Continued), written still later, in 797, it is written that the deity Takakamonokami (or Hitokotonushi) fought over prey with the emperor and was exiled to Tosa Province by the enraged Emperor.
Japanese: 時代が下がって797年に書かれた続日本紀の巻25では、高鴨神（一言主神）が天皇と獲物を争ったため、天皇の怒りに触れて土佐国に流された、と書かれている。
English: This change in the status of Hitokotonushi is believed to be a result of a decline in the status of the Kamo clan, which worshipped Hitokotonushi as its clan deity.
Japanese: これは、一言主を祀っていた賀茂氏の地位がこの間に低下したためではないかと言われている。
English: (Some people believe, however, that the Takakamonokami god in Shoku Nihongi is the Kamonoomikami god enshrined in Takakamo-jinja Shrine, who is also known as Ajisukitakahikone.)
Japanese: （ただし、高鴨神は、現在高鴨神社に祀られている迦毛大御神ことアヂスキタカヒコネであるとする説もある）
English: In Nihon Genpo Zen-aku Ryoiki (Buddhist Stories), which was written in 822, Hitokotonushi appears as a god who serves EN no Ozuno (a magician who was also a member of the Kamo clan), showing an even more serious decline in his status.
Japanese: さらに、822年の日本現報善悪霊異記では、一言主は役小角（これも賀茂氏の一族である）に使役される神にまで地位が低下していた。
English: It is written in Ryoiki that EN no Gyoja (Ozuno) was exiled to Izu Province as a result of an accusation submitted to the Imperial court by Hitokotonushi, who held grudges against him.
Japanese: 役行者が伊豆国に流されたのは、不満を持った一言主が朝廷に讒言したためである、と書かれている。
English: According to the ancient text Ryoiki, En no Gyoja cast a spell on Hitokotonushi, which was allegedly still unbroken at the time Ryoiki was written.
Japanese: 役行者は一言主を呪法で縛り、日本霊異記執筆の時点でもまだそれが解けないとある。
English: The head office of the worship of Hitokotonushi is Katsuragi Hitokotonushi-jinja Shrine, which is located at the foot of Mt. Katsuragi in Gose City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 葛城山麓の奈良県御所市にある葛木一言主神社が全国の一言主神社の総本社となっている。
English: Hitokotonushi, known as 'Ichigon-san' among the people in areas around the shrine, is worshipped as the god of the 'Mugon Mairi' (a Shinto religious service), who grants any wish expressed in a single word.
Japanese: 地元では「いちごんさん」と呼ばれており、一言の願いであれば何でも聞き届ける神とされ、「無言まいり」の神として信仰されている。
English: The Tosa Shrine in Tosa Province (Kochi Prefecture), where Hitokotonushi is reported to have been exiled in the Shoku Nihongi, worships Hitokotonushi.
Japanese: このほか、続日本紀で流されたと書かれている土佐国には、一言主を祀る土佐神社があり土佐国一宮になっている。
English: However, some people believe that the god enshrined in the Tosa-jinja Shrine is Ajisukitakahikone, and at present, these gods are both worshipped as protective deities of the shrine.
Japanese: ただし、祀られているのは味耜高根彦神であるとする説もあり、現在は両神ともが主祭神とされている。
English: In this legend, Okuninushi is visited by a small god from across the ocean, who would not reveal his name to anybody and whose name nobody knows.
Japanese: 大国主の元に海の向こうから小さな神がやって来たが、名を尋ねても答えず、誰もこの神の名を知らなかった。
English: Wishing to know his name, a toad sends for Kuebiko, who is believed to know everything about the world, but is told that Kuebiko was unable to walk.
Japanese: そこでニホンヒキガエルが「この世界のことなら何でも知っている久延毘古なら、きっと知っているだろう」と言うので久延毘古を呼ぼうとするが、久延毘古は歩くことが出来ないという。
English: Okuninushi then visits Kuebiko with his men to find out that Kuebiko is a scarecrow standing in a rice paddy on a mountain.
Japanese: 大国主らが久延毘古の元へ行くと、それは山田のそほど（かかしの古名）であった。
English: In response to Okuninushi's question, Kuebiko answers that the visiting god is Kamimusubi's son named Sukunabikona.
Japanese: 久延毘古に訊くと、「その神はカミムスビの子のスクナビコナである」と答えた。
English: Kuebiko is a scarecrow deified as the god of rice paddies in farming and local communities.
Japanese: 久延毘古はかかしを神格化したものであり、田の神、農業の神、土地の神である。
English: In some areas of Japan, scarecrows are worshipped as symbols of mountain gods in scarecrow festivals held at the time of harvest or during New Year holidays.
Japanese: これが山の神の信仰と結びつき、収獲祭や小正月に「かかし上げ」の祭をする地方もある。
English: Standing in rice paddies all day long watching what goes on in the world, scarecrows came to be regarded as knowing everything.
Japanese: また、かかしは田の中に立って一日中世の中を見ていることから、天下のことは何でも知っているとされるようになった。
English: The name of the god, 'Kuebiko,' literally means a 'deformed man,' signifying a weather-beaten, ragged scarecrow.
Japanese: 神名の「クエビコ」は「崩え彦」、体が崩れた男の意で、雨風にさらされて朽ち果てたかかしを表現したものである。
English: The name may also be derived from 'Tsuehiko' (a man walking with a cane), which reminds us of its possible relationship with the Funatonokami god (road god) born from a cane thrown by Izanagi to clean off impurities that she brought from the land of the dead.
Japanese: また、「杖彦」が転じたものとも取れ、イザナギが黄泉から帰ってきた後の禊で杖を投げ出した時に生まれた船戸神（ふなとのかみ、岐の神、道祖神）との関連も考えられる。
English: Kuebiko is worshipped as the god of paddies and also as the god of learning, and is enshrined in shrines such as Kutehiko-jinja Shrine (Nakanoto-machi, Kashima-gun, Ishikawa Prefecture) and Kuehiko-jinja Shrine, a branch shrine of Omiwa-jinja Shrine (Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture).
Japanese: 田の神、また、学業の神として信仰されており、久比古神社（石川県鹿島郡(石川県)中能登町）や大神神社（奈良県桜井市）末社・久延彦神社などで祀られている。
English: Munakata Sanjojin (Three Goddesses of Munakata) is a collective name for Mihashira no menokami (three female gods) enshrined at Munakata-taisha Shrine (Munakata City, Fukuoka Prefecture).
Japanese: 宗像三女神（むなかたさんじょじん）は、宗像大社（福岡県宗像市）に祀られている三柱の女神の総称である。
English: They are deities who have been highly valued since the ancient times by the Yamato sovereignty (the ancient Japan sovereignty) as the goddesses of Genkai-nada Sea, protecting maritime traffic to Korea.
Japanese: また、朝鮮への海上交通の平安を守護する玄界灘の神として、ヤマト王権によって古くから重視された神々である。
English: Munakata is written in the "Kiki" (Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters) and Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan)) with various Chinese characters.
Japanese: ムナカタの表記は、『記・紀』では胸形・胸肩・宗形の文字で表している。
English: It is written in the "Kojiki" that 'these Mihashira no kami (three goddesses) are the three great goddesses before which Munakata no kimi worships.'
Japanese: 『古事記』に「この三柱の神は、胸形君等のもち拝（いつ）く三前（みまえ）の大神なり」とある。
English: Because of the closer relationship that developed with Korea, the three goddesses, who were native and local deities, came to be worshipped as national deities after the fifth century.
Japanese: それが、朝鮮半島との緊密化により、土着神、地方神であった三神が5世紀以降国家神として祭られるようになった。
English: According to the Japanese mythology found in the "Kiki," Amaterasu gave birth to them after she received Totsuka no Tsurugi (The Sword Ten Hands Long) of Susanoo upon making a vow of Amaterasu and Susanoo.
Japanese: 『記紀』の記す日本神話においては、アマテラスとスサノオの誓約において、アマテラスがスサノオの十拳剣を譲り受けて生んだとされている。
English: The place upon which they descended is a mountain called Mt. Mutsuga-take in Kurate-machi, Kurate-gun, located at the eastern edge of the Munakata area of Fukuoka Prefecture.
Japanese: 降臨の地は、福岡県の宗像地方東端の鞍手郡鞍手町の六ヶ岳という山である。
English: Furthermore, according to Nihonshoki, prior to creating a nation Amaterasu indicated to the Munakata sanjin to 'descend upon the sea route from the Munakata area to the Korean Peninsula and the Continent of China, help successive emperors, and at the same time, receive veneration from successive emperors.'
Japanese: また、日本書紀には、天照大神が国つくりの前に、宗像三神に「宗像地方から朝鮮半島や支那大陸へつながる海の道は降って、歴代の天皇をお助けすると共に歴代の天皇から篤いお祭りを受けられよ」と示した。
English: Based on this, the three goddesses descended to their respective places where they exist today, and where they are worshipped.
Japanese: このことから、三女神は現在のそれぞれの地に降臨し、祀されるようになった。
English: In one section of "Nihonshoki," it is noted that Amaterasu gave them the divine command, 'Imashi Mihashira no Kami, descend on and reside in the path, aid amemima (grandson of the sun goddess) and be worshipped by amemima.'
Japanese: 『日本書紀』の一書には天照大神が「汝三神（いましみはしらのかみ）、道の中に降りて居（ま）して天孫（あめみま）を助け奉（まつ）りて、天孫の為に祭られよ」との神勅を授けたと記されている。
English: There is a ruin of an ancient ritual site on this island, and the excavated items are all designated as national treasures (belonging to Munakata-taisha Shrine).
Japanese: この島には古代の祭祀跡があり、出土品は一括して国宝に指定されている（宗像大社所有）。
English: (There have been various changes in the names and the order of the three goddesses since the ancient times, but currently they are as follows.)
Japanese: （三女神の神名や配列などに　古来、種々の変遷もあったが現在では以下のようになっている。）
English: Beside Munakata-taisha Shrine they are enshrined at Itsukushima-jinja Shrine (Miyajima-cho, Hatsukaichi City, Hiroshima Prefecture), Tajima-jinja Shrine (Yobuko-cho, Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture), as well as in other Munakata-jinja Shrines, Itsukushima-jinja Shrines, Hachioji-sha Shrines and Amanomanai-sha Shrines in various places.
Japanese: 宗像大社のほか、厳島神社（広島県廿日市市宮島町）、田島神社（佐賀県唐津市呼子町）、および各地の宗像神社・厳島神社・八王子社・天真名井社で祀られている。
English: Most of them are located on the path from Yamato, Ise and Shima to the continent through the Kumano-nada Sea and Seto Inland Sea.
Japanese: そのほとんどが大和及び伊勢、志摩から熊野灘、瀬戸内海を通って大陸へ行く経路に沿った所にある。
English: She is identified with Shirayamahimenokami, who is enshrined at Hakusan in Kaga and other Hakusan-jinja shrines throughout the nation.
Japanese: 加賀の白山や全国の白山神社に祀られる白山比咩神（しらやまひめのかみ）と同一神とされる。
English: In Japanese Mythology, she appears neither in Kojiki (The record of Ancient Matters) nor in the text of Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan) and appears only once in the Issho (a book cited in Nihonshoki) of Nihonshoki.
Japanese: 日本神話においては、古事記や日本書紀本文には登場せず、日本書紀の一書に一度だけ出てくるのみである。
English: According to this document, Izanagi visited yomi (the world after death) to see Izanami during the process of the birth of deities, but he run away after seeing Izanami who was dead and cold.
Japanese: 神産みでイザナミに逢いに黄泉を訪問したイザナギは、イザナミの変わり果てた姿を見て逃げ出した。
English: However, Izanami caught up with him at Yomotsuhirasaka and they squabbled there.
Japanese: しかし泉津平坂（黄泉比良坂）で追いつかれ、そこでイザナミと口論になる。
English: Then, Yomotsuchimoribito appeared there and conveyed Izanami's message saying 'I cannot follow you.'
Japanese: そこに泉守道者が現れ、イザナミの言葉を取継いで「一緒に帰ることはできない」と言った。
English: When Kukurihimenokami said something, Izanagi offered praise and went home.
Japanese: 菊理媛神が何かを言うと、イザナギはそれを褒め、帰って行った、とある。
English: Nothing is written about what Kukurihimenokami said and there is no description of her place of birth, etc.
Japanese: 菊理媛神が何を言ったかは書かれておらず、また、出自なども書かれていない。
English: Based on this anecdote, Kukurihimenokami is regarded as a deity of match-making since she reconciled Izanagi and Izanami.
Japanese: この説話から、菊理媛神はイザナギとイザナミを仲直しさせたとして、縁結びの神とされている。
English: Further, she is also said to be a goddess of shaman (a miko (shrine maiden)) because she reconciled the deceased (Izanami) and the living (Izanagi).
Japanese: また、死者（イザナミ）と生者（イザナギ）の間を取り持ったことからシャーマン（巫女）の女神ではないかとも言われている。
English: Her deity name 'Kukuri' means 'bind' and this deity name is believed to have been derived from the anecdote in which she reconciled Izanagi and Izanami.
Japanese: 神名の「ククリ」は「括り」の意で、イザナギとイザナミの仲を取り持ったことからの神名と考えられる。
English: Other than the above, there are several views on the origins of her name, such as the one that asserts it relates to spinning thread ('kukuru' also means 'bind strings'), the one that asserts it relates to 'kuguri (pass under water)' and she is a deity of water, and the one that asserts it is derived from 'kikiireru (accept a person's request).'
Japanese: 他に、糸を紡ぐ（括る）ことに関係があるとする説、「潜り」の意で水神であるとする説、「聞き入れる」が転じたものとする説などがある。
English: Concerning the enshrined deity of Shirayamahime-jinja Shrine (Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture), the head shrine of the Hakusa-jinja shrines, only Izanagi and Izanami were referred to in books written up to the medieval Period.
Japanese: 白山神社の総本社である白山比め神社（石川県白山市）の祭神について、中世までの書物ではイザナギ・イザナミとしか書かれていなかった。