nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: According to Yamatohime no Mikoto Seiki (one of "Shinto Gobusho" (five-volume apologia of Shinto), when Yamatohime no mikoto travels around many provinces to seek for an ideal place to enshrine Amaterasu-Omikami, Ota-no-mikoto, a descendant of Sarutahiko, guides her to the upper reaches of the Isuzu-gawa River and presents the land to her.
Japanese: 倭姫命世記（神道五部書の一）によれば、倭姫命が天照大神を祀るのに相応しい地を求めて諸国を巡っていたとき、猿田彦の子孫である大田命（おおたのみこと）が倭姫命を先導して五十鈴川の川上一帯を献上したとされている。
English: Descendants of Ota-no-mikoto called themselves 'Ujinotsuchigimi' and had been appointed as "tamakushi ouchindo" (an officer in charge of presenting a sacred tree) of Ise-jingu Shrine for generations.
Japanese: 大田命の子孫は宇治土公（うじのつちぎみ）と称し、代々伊勢神宮の玉串大内人に任じられた。
English: According to Nihonshoki, Amenouzume reveals her breasts and has her "mohimo" (kind of a skirt) dangle under her belly (when she serves Sarutahiko), and this is seen as an allusion to Amenouzume's sexual relations with Sarutahiko.
Japanese: 日本書紀には、天宇受売神は胸乳を露わにし裳帯（もひも）を臍の下に垂らしたとあるので、性的な所作をもって相対したことになる。
English: This description is considered to be the origin of the folklore that Sarutahiko and Amenouzume were married, although myths say nothing about their marriage.
Japanese: 神話には書かれていないが、二神が結婚したと民間では伝えられているのは、この記述によるものと考えられる。
English: Because 'he is the god who sheds light on heaven and earth,' some experts theorize that Sarutahiko was a sun god worshiped in Ise region prior to the popularization of Amaterasu-Omikami.
Japanese: 「天地を照らす神」ということから、天照大神以前に伊勢で信仰されていた太陽神であったとする説もある。
English: Tsubaki-Okamiyashiro Grand Shrine in Suzuka City, Mie Prefecture and Sarutahiko-jinja Shrine located at Ujiurata, Ise City, Mie Prefecture are famous for the enshrinement of Sarutahiko.
Japanese: 三重県鈴鹿市の椿大神社、三重県伊勢市宇治浦田の猿田彦神社がサルタヒコを祀る神社として名高い。
English: Because Sarutahiko guided the grandson of the sun goddess during tensonkorin, he came to be regarded as a god of roads and travelers and designated the same position as that of Doso-shin, Doso-jin, (traveler's guardian deity).
Japanese: 天孫降臨の際に道案内をしたということから、道の神、旅人の神とされるようになり、道祖神と同一視された。
English: Also, when a festive "mikoshi togyo" (parade of mikoshi (portable shrine) and priests for the divine spirits in the portable shrine moving to other places from the main shrine) starts, the parade is sometimes guided by a person who plays the role of Sarutahiko by wearing a Tengu mask.
Japanese: また、祭礼の神輿渡御の際、天狗面を被った猿田彦役の者が先導をすることがある。
English: In addition, Sarutahiko is enshrined under the name of 'Shirahige-myogin' in many places across Japan because he was appointed as the enshrined deity of Shirahige-jinja Shrine in Takashima City, Shiga Prefecture.
Japanese: 他にも滋賀県高島市の白鬚神社の祭神とされたことから白鬚明神の名でも全国各地に祀られている。
English: Furthermore, during the Edo period, Sarutahiko was associated with "Koshin-ko" (a religious vigil on the day of monkey) because the word 'saru' in Sarutahiko means 'monkey', and in "Suika Shinto" (Shinto thoughts advocated by Ansai YAMAZAKI), Sarutahiko was designated as the 'founder' of the Suika Shinto because he was a 'god of guidance.'
Japanese: さらに江戸時代に入って「サル」の音から庚申講と結び付けられたほか、垂加神道では「導きの神」として神道の「教祖」とされた。
English: Recently, because of his complexity Sarutahiko has been researched intensively as 'a mysterious deity' by scholars such as Toji KAMATA.
Japanese: こうしたことから、近年「謎の神」として鎌田東二などの学者にクローズアップされている。
English: The "Guji" (chief of those who serves shrine, controls festivals and general affairs) of the previously cited Tsubaki-Okamiyashiro Grand Shrine and Sarutahiko-jinja Shrine have been famously regarded as the divine descendants of Sarutahiko through the ages.
Japanese: 前述の椿大神社・猿田彦神社の宮司もともに古くから猿田彦の神孫として名高い。
English: In the "Hinotori (Phoenix)"(manga) series made by Osamu TEZUKA, characters named 'Saruta,' of 'Sarutahiko' often appear.
Japanese: 手塚治虫の火の鳥(漫画)シリーズには、「猿田」もしくは「サルタヒコ」という人物が多く登場する。
English: Amenooshihi no Mikoto armed along with Amatsukume no Mikoto, who is said to be the soshin of the Kume clan, and led Ninigi no Mikoto.
Japanese: 久米氏の祖神とされる天久米命と共に武装してニニギノミコトの先導をした。
English: Although the "Kojiki" does not describe the origin of Amenooshihi no Mikoto, according to the family trees of the Otomo clan and other materials, Amenooshihi no Mikoto is said to be the child of Takamimusubi no Mikoto.
Japanese: 『古事記』には出自が記載されていないが、大伴氏の系図などでは天忍日命（アメノオシヒノミコト）はタカミムスビノミコトの子とされている。
English: Michinoomi no Mikoto, who accompanied Jinmu tosei (Eastern expedition of the Emperor Jinmu) and later became the founder of the Otomo clan, is said to be the great-grand child of Amenooshihi no Mikoto.
Japanese: 神武東征の際に随伴し、大伴氏の祖となった道臣命は、その天忍日命（アメノオシヒノミコト）の曾孫とされている。
English: Furuhata-jinja Shrine (Kanan-cho, Minamikawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture), Aburahi-jinja Shrine (Koga City, Shiga Prefecture), and Yahosa-jinja Shrine (Iki City, Nagasaki Prefecture) enshrine Amenooshihi no Mikoto.
Japanese: 降幡神社（大阪府南河内郡河南町）、油日神社（滋賀県甲賀市）、矢保佐神社（長崎県壱岐市）などに祀られている。
English: The kanji used for Omoikane are 思金神 or 常世思金神 in the "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), 思兼神 in the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), and 思金神, 常世思金神, 思兼神, 八意思兼神 or 八意思金神 in the "Sendai Kujihongi" (Ancient Japanese History).
Japanese: 『古事記』では思金神・常世思金神、『日本書紀』では思兼神、『先代旧事本紀』では思金神・常世思金神・思兼神・八意思兼神・八意思金神と表記する。
English: According to Atsutane HIRATA, a scholar of Japanese classical literature in the later Edo period, Omoikane refers to Amenokoyane no Mikoto.
Japanese: また、江戸後期の国学者・平田篤胤の説では、この神は天児屋命と同一神であるとしている。
English: Thus, the name represents a god who combines a lot of people's discretion.
Japanese: 多くの人々が持つ思慮を一人（正確には「一柱」、神は「柱」で数える）で兼ね備える神の意である。
English: Yagokoro (八意) means a lot of wisdom, or thinking from someone else's standpoint.
Japanese: 「八意」は多くの知恵という意味であり、また立場を変えて思い考えることを意味する。
English: The most famous episode about Omoikane is that at the time of Iwato-gakure (the hiding of Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, in the heavenly rock cave), Omoikane gave Yao yorozu no Kami (eight million gods) who gathered at Ama-no-Yasuharae the wisdom to let Amaterasu go outside the rock cave.
Japanese: 最も有名なエピソードは岩戸隠れの際、天の安原に集まった八百万の神にアマテラスを岩戸の外に出すための知恵を授けたことだ。
English: In the Sendai Kujihongi (Ancient Japanese History), Omoikane is said to have settled in the Shinano Province and become the founder of 信之阿智祝.
Japanese: 先代旧事本紀では、オモイカネは信濃国に降り立って信之阿智祝の祖になったとしている。
English: Omoikane is enshrined in Chichibu-jinja Shrine (Chichibu City, Saitama Prefecture), Achi-jinja Shrine (Achi-mura, Shimoina-gun, Nagano Prefecture), and other shrines.
Japanese: 秩父神社（埼玉県秩父市）、阿智神社（長野県下伊那郡阿智村）などに祀られている。
English: Also enshrined in Kisho-jinja Shrine (Suginami Ward, Tokyo Metropolitan), the only shrine of weather.
Japanese: また天気に関する唯一の神社、気象神社（東京都杉並区）にも祀られている。
English: In addition, Omoikane is also regarded to be the god who is enshrined at the Chonahajime ceremony (a traditional ceremony in which people wish carpenters' safety) for the erection of the framework of a house.
Japanese: また、この神は、家を建てる際の建前と関係のある手斧初の儀式の際に祭られる神ともされている。
English: The two gods of Taokihooi no Mikoto and Hikosashiri no Mikoto, as well as local Ubusunagami (guardian deity of one's birthplace) or Omoikane are enshrined in the ceremony.
Japanese: 手斧初の儀式では、手置帆負命・彦狭知命の二神と、現地の産土神もしくはオモイカネを祭る。
English: A part of his name 'koyane' means 'a small roof (of a building)', therefore it is thought to be the location of a deity who gives an oracle.
Japanese: 名前の「コヤネ」は「小さな屋根（の建物）」の意味で、託宣の神の居所のことと考えられる。
English: Because he was a soshin (ancestor honored as god) of Nakatomi no muraji, he was believed to be a private deity of the Fujiwara clan whose patriarch was FUJIWARA no Kamatari.
Japanese: 中臣連の祖神であることから、藤原鎌足を祖とする藤原氏の氏神として信仰された。
English: He was enshrined in Nakatomi-jinja Shrine (Yamashina Ward, Kyoto City), Hiraoka-jinja Shrine (Higashi-Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture), Kasuga-taisha Shrine (Nara City, Nara Prefecture), and Yoshida-jinja Shrine (Sakyo Ward, Kyoto City).
Japanese: 中臣神社（京都市山科区）、枚岡神社（大阪府東大阪市）、春日大社（奈良県奈良市）、吉田神社（京都市左京区）などに祀られている。
English: A god called 'Otorinomuraji no Oyagami' that is enshrined in Otori-jinja Shrine throughout the country is sometimes considered to be identical to Amenokoyane no Mikoto.
Japanese: また、全国の大鳥神社に祀られる「大鳥連祖神（おおとりのむらじのおやがみ）」は天児屋命と同神とされることがある。
English: According to a scholar of Japanese classical literature in late Edo period, Atsutane HIRATA, this god is identical to Omoikane (the god of wisdom and talent).
Japanese: また、江戸後期の国学者・平田篤胤の説では、この神はオモイカネと同一神であるとしている。
English: Oyamatsumi is the god described in Japanese mythology.
Japanese: オオヤマツミ（大山積神、大山津見神、大山祇神）は、日本神話に登場する神。
English: There are not many descriptions about Oyamatsumi himself, but the god called the son of Oyamatsumi sometimes appears in the myth.
Japanese: オオヤマツミ自身についての記述はあまりなく、オオヤマツミの子と名乗る神が何度か登場する。
English: Later, he and Kayano-hime, the god of the field, bore eight gods forming four pairs as follows.
Japanese: その後、野の神である鹿屋野比売神（カヤノヒメ、野椎神）との間に以下の四対八神の神を生んでいる。
English: Then, when Izanagi killed Kagutsuchi with a sword, the following eight Yamatsumi gods were born from the body of Kagutsuchi.
Japanese: その後、イザナギがカグツチを切り殺した時、カグツチの体から以下の山津見八神が生まれている。
English: In the fighting with Yamata no Orochi, Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, whose daughter Kushinada-hime later became the wife of Susanoo, said that they were children of Oyamatsumi.
Japanese: ヤマタノオロチ退治において、スサノオの妻となるクシナダヒメの父母、アシナヅチ・テナヅチ（足名椎命・手名椎命）はオオヤマツミの子と名乗っている。
English: Then, Susanoo and Kamuohoichi-hime, who was a daughter of Ohoyamatsumi, had sons, Otoshi no Kami and Ukanomitama, as described in Susanoo's genealogical table.
Japanese: その後、スサノオの系譜において、オホヤマツミ神の娘であるカムオホイチヒメ（神大市比売神）との間に大年神とウカノミタマをもうけていると記している。
English: On the other hand, Yashimajinumi, who was a son of Susanoo and Kushinada-hime, married Konohanachiru-hime and Fuhanomojikunusunu was born.
Japanese: また、クシナダヒメとの間の子、ヤシマジヌミは、オオヤマツミの娘のコノハナチルヒメ（木花知流姫）と結婚し、フハノモヂクヌスヌを生んでいる。
English: After tensonkorin (the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess), Ninigi met the daughter of Oyamatsumi, Konohana no sakuya-bime, and then Oyamatsumi gave Konohana no sakuya-bime and her older sister Iwanaga-hime to Ninigi.
Japanese: 天孫降臨の後、ニニギはオオヤマツミの娘であるコノハナノサクヤビメと出逢い、オオヤマツミはコノハナノサクヤビメとその姉のイワナガヒメを差し出した。
English: However, Ninigi sent back Iwanaga-hime only because she was ugly, and Oyamatsumi got angry at that, saying "I sent Iwanaga-hime wishing the eternity of Tenson (the grandson of the sun goddess) like an unchangeable "iwa" (rock). But he sent her back, so the life of Tenson will be short."
Japanese: ニニギが容姿が醜いイワナガヒメだけを送り返すと、オオヤマツミはそれを怒り、「イワナガヒメを添えたのは、天孫が岩のように永遠でいられるようにと誓約を立てたからで、イワナガヒメを送り返したことで天孫の寿命は短くなるだろう」と告げた。
English: In the names of gods, 'tsu' means 'no' (of) and 'mi' means god, so 'Oyamatsumi' means 'the god of oyama (big mountain).'
Japanese: 神名の「ツ」は「の」、「ミ」は神霊の意なので、「オオヤマツミ」は「大いなる山の神」という意味となる。
English: Additionally, it is described that Oyamatsumi was pleased when Konohana no sakuya-bime bore Hohodemi, and he made amenotamu-zake for offering to the gods, and this also made him Sakatoke no Kami, the god of sake.
Japanese: また、コノハナノサクヤビメがホホデミを生んだことを喜んだオオヤマツミが、天甜酒（あめのたむざけ）を造り神々に供げたとの記述もあることから、酒造の神・酒解神ともされている。
English: Oyama Afuri-jinja Shrine (Isehara City, Kanagawa Prefecture), Umenomiya-taisha Shrine (Ukyo Word, Kyoto City), and all Mishima-jinja Shrines and Ozumi-jinja Shrines (大祇神社) throughout Japan are dedicated to Oyamatsumi.
Japanese: 大山阿夫利神社（神奈川県伊勢原市）、梅宮大社（京都市右京区）のほか、全国の三島神社・大祇神社に祀られる。
English: The head shrines of Mishima-jinja Shrines and Ozumi-jinja Shrines (大祇神社) for all parts of Japan are Oyamazumi-jinja Shrine (Omishima-cho, Imabari City, Ehime Prefecture) and Mishima-jinja Shrine (Mishima City, Shizuoka Prefecture), respectively.
Japanese: 全国の三島神社・大祇神社の総本社が大山祇神社（愛媛県今治市大三島町）および三嶋大社（静岡県三島市）である。
English: Ogetsuhime (Ohogetsuhime) is a deity who appears in the Japanese Mythology.
Japanese: オオゲツヒメ（オホゲツヒメ、大宜都比売、大気都比売神、大宜津比売神）は、日本神話に登場する神。
English: The 'O' and 'ge' in her name mean 'a lot of' and 'food' respectively, and she is a deity of grain and food.
Japanese: 名前の「オオ」は「多」の意味、「ケ」は食物の意で、穀物や食物の神である。
English: Her name first appears in Kojiki (The Record of Ancient Matters) as the name of Awa Province in Iyononinashima (Shikoku) in connection with the story of kuniumi (the birth of Japan).
Japanese: 古事記においては、国産みにおいて伊予之二名島（四国）の中の阿波国の名前として初めて表れる。
English: According to the description in Kojiki concerning kamiumi (the birth of deities), she was born between Izanagi and Izanami.
Japanese: その後の神産みにおいてイザナギとイザナミの間に生まれたとの記述がある。
English: Regarding the reason why the original name of Awa Province was Ogetsuhime, it is generally explained that it was merely a pun using Awa and the name of a grain 'awa (millet).'
Japanese: 阿波国の名前が大宜都比売とされていることについては、阿波を穀物の「粟」に掛けただけの後附けともされる。
English: On the other hand, some assert that this province was named Awa Province because Ogetsuhime, a deity of grain, was enshrined in this province.
Japanese: しかしながら、逆に穀物神の大宜都比売が祀られていた国であるからアワの国と呼ばれるようになったとする説もある。
English: After being exiled from Takamanohara, Susano felt hungry and asked Ogetsuhime for food, and Ogetsuhime slowly gave Susano various kinds of food.
Japanese: 高天原を追放されたスサノオは、空腹を覚えてオオゲツヒメに食物を求め、オオゲツヒメはおもむろに様々な食物をスサノオに与えた。
English: Susano, who was suspicious of her behavior, watched how Ogetsuhime was preparing food and found that Ogetsuhime was pulling food out of her nose, mouth, and anus, and cooking it.
Japanese: それを不審に思ったスサノオが食事の用意をするオオゲツヒメの様子を覗いてみると、オオゲツヒメは鼻や口、尻から食材を取り出し、それを調理していた。
English: Susano became angry for being fed such dirty food and killed Ogetsuhime with a sword.
Japanese: スサノオは、そんな汚い物を食べさせていたのかと怒り、オオゲツヒメを斬り殺してしまった。
English: Then, silkworms were born from Ogetsuhime's head, rice plants were born from her eyes, millet from her ears, azuki beans from her nose, barley from her nether regions and beans from her rear end.
Japanese: すると、オオゲツヒメの頭からカイコが生まれ、目からイネが生まれ、耳から粟が生まれ、鼻から小豆が生まれ、陰部からムギが生まれ、尻からダイズが生まれた。
English: While the Goddess Ogetsuhime was described in Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) as the origin of grain or silkworm breeding, a similar anecdote in which Tsukuyomi killed Ukemochi with a sword appears in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan).
Japanese: オオゲツヒメは古事記において五穀や養蚕の起源として書かれているが、日本書紀では同様の話がツクヨミがウケモチを斬り殺す話として出てくる。
English: Furthermore, although Ogetsuhime must have been killed by Susano in this incident, the lineage of Otoshi no kami (the guardian deity of grain), which was compiled later, describes that she gave birth to eight deities as a wife of Hayamato.
Japanese: なお、ここでオオゲツヒメはスサノオに殺されている筈だが、後に大年神の系譜においてハヤマトの妻として八神を生んだとの記述がある。
English: While she has been worshipped as a deity of grain and silkworm breeding, she is also enshrined at Inari-sha shrines in place of Ukanomitama since she was confused in later years with Inari-shin (a deity of harvest), who is also a deity of grain.
Japanese: 穀物・養蚕の神として信仰されるが、後に同じ穀物の神である稲荷神と混同されるようになり、ウカノミタマの代わりに稲荷社に祀られていることがある。
English: Myths that domesticated plants, especially root vegetables, were born from the body of a murdered person are found in South-East Asia, Oceania, Middle and South America, and Africa.
Japanese: 殺害された者の屍体の各部から栽培植物、とくに球根類が生じるという説話は、東南アジアから大洋州・中南米・アフリカに広く分布している。
English: It is contemplated that the reason why grain was derived from Ogetsuhime was because grains were the principal cultivated plant in Japan.
Japanese: オオゲツヒメから生じるのが穀物であるのは、日本では穀物が主に栽培されていたためと考えられている。
English: The God is called Ame no Hoakari in the "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), Hoakari or Amateru Kuniteruhiko Hoakari no Mikoto in "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), and Amaterukuniteruhiko Amenohoakari Kushitama Nigihaya no Mikoto in "Sendai Kujihongi" (Ancient Japanese History).
Japanese: 『古事記』に天火明命、『日本書紀』に火明命、天照国照彦火明命、また『先代旧事本紀』には天照国照彦天火明櫛玉饒速日尊（あまてるくにてるひこあめのほあかりくしたまにぎはやのみこと）と記されている。
English: In "Sendai Kujihongi," Ame no Hoakari was identified as Nigihayahi no Mikoto, who was the ancestor of the Mononobe clan.
Japanese: 『先代旧事本紀』では物部氏の祖である饒速日命（ニギハヤヒノミコト）と同一神としている。
English: As the names Amateru Kuniteruhiko and Hoakari suggest, Ame no Hoakari is deification of sunlight or heat.
Japanese: 名前の「天照国照」「火明」からわかるように太陽の光や熱を神格化した神である。
English: Also, in "Kojikiden" (Commentaries on the Kojiki), 'Hoakari' is written in a set of characters that expresses ripened and redden ears of rice; therefore, just like other gods that are linked to the Emperor, its name also is related to rice.
Japanese: また、『古事記伝』では「ホアカリ」は「穂赤熟」で、稲穂が熟して赤らむ意味としており、天皇に繋る他の神と同様、稲に関係のある名前でもある。
English: For this reason, the roots of Ame no Hoakari is believed to be in the lineage of Ameno Hohino Mikoto, which is an Izumogami of the Amatsu kami (god of heaven) group.
Japanese: このようなことから天穂日命の系譜、つまり天津神系の出雲神を源流としていることが伺える。
English: The clan relocated itself from Takaowari of Katsuragi in Yamato Province to Owari Province, settled down during the generation of Ame no Hoakari's child Amenokaguyama no Mikoto, and enshrined Ame no Hoakari at the Mamisuda-jinja Shrine (Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture).
Japanese: 天孫族は大和国葛城の高尾張から尾張国に移り、子の天香山命（あめのかぐやまのみこと）の時に定住し、真清田神社（愛知県一宮市）に天火明命を祀ったとしている。
English: The Owari clan had power over the Chubu region and had a strong relationship with the Mononobe clan, therefore, Ame no Hoakari enshrined by the Owari clan was considered to be a child of Amaterasu Omikami (Ise-jingu Shrine).
Japanese: 尾張氏は中部地方に勢力を持っていた氏族であり、物部氏と深い関係を持っていたことから、尾張氏が祀る天火明命が天照大神（伊勢神宮）の子とされたと考えられている。
English: Also, Sukune TAMINO who enshrined Sumiyoshi Sanjin and built the Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine (Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City) was one of the Owari clan, and his descendents are the Tsumori clan that has held the position of chief priest of the Sumiyoshi-taisha Shrine for generations.
Japanese: また住吉三神を祀り住吉大社（大阪市住吉区）を創建した田蓑宿禰は尾張氏の一族であり、その子孫が住吉大社の歴代宮司家としての津守氏である。
English: When the deity Takemikazuchi no kami pressed Okuninushi to hand over the land of Japan, Okuninushi said that his son, Kotoshiro nushi (a Japanese ancient god), would reply.
Japanese: 建御雷神が大国主に葦原中国の国譲りを迫ると、大国主は息子の事代主が答えると言った。
English: When Takemikazuchi no kami tried to kill Takeminakata no kami, Takeminakata no kami begged 'Please don't kill me, as I will never leave this place,' and then surrendered to Takemikazuchi no kami.
Japanese: 建御雷神が建御名方神を殺そうとしたとき、建御名方神は「もうこの地から出ないから殺さないでくれ」と言い、服従した。
English: It is said in tradition that the contest of strength between Takemikazuchi no kami and Takeminakata no kami became the origin of Sumo wrestling.
Japanese: この建御雷神と建御名方神の力くらべが後に日本の国技となる相撲の起源となったと伝えられている。
English: This myth is only found in the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and his name isn't found in the part corresponding to the Ashihara no Nakatsukuniheitei in "Nihon Shoki" (Chronicles of Japan).
Japanese: この神話は『古事記』にのみ残されており、『日本書紀』での葦原中国平定にあたる部分に彼の名は見えない。
English: According to the tradition left in "Suwa Daimyojin Ekotoba" (literally, the origin in pictures and scripts of Suwa Daimyojin Shrine), etc, it is said that Takeminakata no kami was the god who came from outside the Suwa region, defeated the native god of Moriya-shin and became an enshrined deity of the Suwa region.
Japanese: 『諏訪大明神絵詞』などに残された伝承では、建御名方神は諏訪地域の外から来訪した神であり、土着の洩矢神を降して諏訪の祭神になったとされている。
English: It is said that at the time of the battle, Moriya-shin fought with an iron ring in his hand while Takeminakata no kami held a wisteria (a plant) vine; thus there is an opinion that this fight implied the match of iron-casting technologies.
Japanese: このとき洩矢神は鉄輪を、建御名方神はフジ(植物)つる植物を持って闘ったとされ、これは製鉄技術の対決をあらわしているのではないか、という説がある。
English: He is known as a god of war, as written in the "Ryojin hisho" (folk song collection) of 'Kashima-jingu Shrine, Katori-jingu Shrine and Suwa no miya Shrine (Suwa-Taisha Shrine) and moreover, he is also considered to be an agricultural god and a hunting god.
Japanese: 『梁塵秘抄』に「関より東の軍神、鹿島神宮、香取神宮、諏訪の宮」とあるように軍神として知られ、また農耕神、狩猟神として信仰されている。
English: He is also said to be a god of wind, and there is a tradition that it was the god of Suwa who caused Kamikaze (wind of god) at the time of the Mongolian Invasion.
Japanese: 風神ともされ、元寇の際には諏訪の神が神風を起こしたとする伝承もある。
English: Part of his name "minakata" means "lagoon," and it is thought that he was originally the god of water and rain.
Japanese: 名前の「ミナカタ」は「水潟」の意であり元は水神であったと考えられる。
English: However, there are opinions that "minakata" has a relationship to "Munakata" (the geographical name of northern Kyushu) or that he is the god of metallurgy.
Japanese: ただし、宗像（むなかた）と関連があるとする説や、冶金の神であるとする説もある。
English: Like the above, he is described in many ways despite the traditional story of disgrace.
Japanese: このように、建御名方神は不名誉な伝承に比べて様々な形で多くの信仰をうけている。
English: There is also an opinion that because NAKATOMI no Kamatari was from Kashima and the Fujiwara clan, which were descended from him revered Takemikazuchi no kami as their ujigami (a guardian god of a particular place or family in the Shinto religion), they demeaned the reputation of Takeminakata no kami in order to raise the military prestige of Takemikazuchi no kami.
Japanese: これは、中臣鎌足の出身は鹿島であり、彼を祖とする藤原氏は建御雷神を氏神として篤く信仰していたため、藤原氏が氏神の建御雷神の武威を高めるために、建御名方神を貶めたという説もある。
English: Japanese mythological history has no record regarding his origin, but theories that he was a child of Okuninushi and Nunakawa-hime remain in many parts of Japan.
Japanese: 出自について日本神話での記述はないが、大国主と沼河比売（奴奈川姫）の間の子であるという伝承が各地に残る。
English: Takeminakata no kami was said to be the ancestor of the Miwa clan; thus he is the ujigami of Suwashinto (Suwa shintoist group), such as the Suwa and Hoshina clans, who are descendants of the Miwa clan.
Japanese: 建御名方神は神（みわ）氏の祖先とされており、神氏の後裔である諏訪氏はじめ保科氏など諏訪神党の氏神でもある。
English: Aratama' (also referred to as 'Aramitama') and 'Niki(gi)tama' (also referred to as 'Niki(gi)mitama') are concepts used by Shinto to express two different aspects of spirits and souls of gods.
Japanese: 荒魂（あらたま、あらみたま）・和魂（にきたま（にぎたま）、にきみたま（にぎみたま））とは、神道における概念で、神(神道)の霊魂が持つ2つの側面のことである。
English: It represents the intention by gods to cause catastrophic natural disasters, invite outbreaks of plague, and drive humans to conflicts and wars by wrecking havoc on their minds.
Japanese: 天変地異を引き起こし、病を流行らせ、人の心を荒廃させて争いへ駆り立てる神の働きである。
English: On the contrary, Nikitama refers to the gentle and tranquil aspect of gods, represented by blessings of nature such as rains and sunlight.
Japanese: それに対し和魂は、雨や日光の恵みなど、神の優しく平和的な側面である。
English: Aratama and Nikitama showcase strong (and different) dispositions of the same god so as to trick people into assuming that they are two different gods, when in reality, there are cases in which different names are given to the same god, or where the god's two natures are enshrined separately, such as Shogu and Aramatsurinomiya in Kotai-jingu Shrine.
Japanese: 荒魂と和魂は、同一の神であっても別の神に見えるほどの強い個性の表れであり、実際別の神名が与えられたり、皇大神宮の正宮と荒祭宮といったように、別に祀られていたりすることもある。
English: People have presented gifts to gods as tributes and performed ceremonies and festivals to mollify gods and transform them from Aratama to Nikitama.
Japanese: 人々は神の怒りを鎮め、荒魂を和魂に変えるために、神に供物を捧げ、儀式や祭を行ってきた。
English: Also, thanks to its vigorous quality, Aratama is said to contain energy that can create new phenomena and objects that can be linked with its homonym 'Aratama' (also referred to as 'Aramitama') meaning 'new spirits.'
Japanese: また、荒魂はその荒々しさから新しい事象や物体を生み出すエネルギーを内包している魂とされ、同音異義語である新魂（あらたま、あらみたま）とも通じるとされている。
English: Nikitama is subdivided into 'Sakitama,' (also referred to as 'Saki(chi)mitama') and 'Kushitama' (also referred to as 'Kushimitama').
Japanese: 和魂はさらに幸魂（さきたま、さちみたま、さきみたま）と奇魂（くしたま、くしみたま）に分けられる。
English: Also, there is a belief that human's spirits consist of 'Naohi,' one spirit that is connected with heaven, and four souls (Aratama, Nikitama, Sakitama, and Kushitama); this concept is called "Ichirei shikon" (one spirit, four souls).
Japanese: また、人間の心は、天と繋がる一霊「直霊」（なおひ）と4つの魂（荒魂・和魂・幸魂・奇魂）から成り立つという考え方があり、一霊四魂（いちれいしこん）と呼ばれる。
English: Incidentally, the word "殯宮" (funeral parlor) is pronounced 'Arakinomiya' in Japanese, and the first part of this word (i.e. "ara") is believed to have been derived from the word Aratama.
Japanese: 尚、殯宮を、「あらきのみや」と訓ずるのは、荒魂と関係があるのではないかと思われる。
English: Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi are a couple of deities (Shinto deities) that appear in a Japanese Mythology about the Yamatanoorochi snake.
Japanese: アシナヅチ・テナヅチは、日本神話のヤマタノオロチの説話に登場する夫婦神(神道)である。
English: In "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters), the names of these gods are written, respectively, "足名椎命" and "手名椎命" in kanji, while "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) writes them "脚摩乳" and "手摩乳."
Japanese: 『古事記』では足名椎命・手名椎命、『日本書紀』は脚摩乳・手摩乳と表記する。