nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: However, because the god himself was originally related to the western region, the god arrived at a forest in a mountain in Kuroda-Okuhida in Nogi County in Izumo Province (currently, the site of Kanayago-jinja Shrine) in the western region and was resting the wings of a snowy heron after flying on it, and Abe no Masashige who was the ancestor of the current chief priest of the shrine found them, and a rich person of Asahi, Hyobu OSADA constructed a shrine there beside a katsura tree (there is also a legend that the god also visited Nakayama in Kibi Province on his way there).
Japanese: しかし、自ら、元々西方に縁のある神であるとの理由で、白サギに乗って、西方の出雲国能義郡黒田奥比田（現金屋子神社の社地）の山林に着き、桂の木にて羽を休めていたところを宮司の祖先である安倍正重が発見し、長田兵部朝日長者が桂の木の横に神殿を建立したという（途中、吉備国中山にも立寄ったとの伝説がある）。
English: It is said that Kanayago-kami voluntary become Murage (a chief engineer in metal forging) in various places and taught the art of metal forging there.
Japanese: 各地で、金屋子神は、自ら村下（むらげ：鍛冶の技師長）となり、鍛冶の指導を行ったとされる。
English: It is said that the god hated hemp because the god or his Murage subordinate stumbled over a piece of hemp and died.
Japanese: 自分あるいは部下の村下が、麻につまづいて転んで死んだので麻を嫌うと言う。
English: It is also said that the god hated dogs and ivy because he was run after by a dog and tried to escape from the dog by climbing ivy, and the ivy snapped and the god fell and was bitten to death.
Japanese: また、犬に追いかけられ、蔦に取り付いて登って逃れようとしたが、蔦が切れたので、落ち、犬に咬まれて死んだので、犬と蔦は嫌いとも言う。
English: The god seemed to like Mandarin orange and Japanese wisteria because, when the god run after by a dog, the god climbed a Mandarin orange tree or grabbed Japanese wisteria and was saved.
Japanese: さらに、犬に追いかけられた時、みかんの木に登って、あるいは藤に掴って助かったので、みかんと藤は好むらしい。
English: It is said that the god was far from being indifferent and rather liked the chance to die, therefore, the god instructed his Murage subordinates to hang down dead human bodies from the posts around the cupola furnace.
Japanese: 死の穢れには無頓着どころか、むしろ好むとされ、たたら炉の周囲の柱に死体を下げることを村下達に指導したと言う。
English: It is said that this was due to the jealousy that resulted from the god being female, and it is said that there was a rule that prohibited women from entering workplaces concerned with metal forging.
Japanese: 自分が女性なので、嫉妬であると言われているが、この為、鍛冶関係の作業場には女性を入れない掟があったという。
English: It is also said that the Murage in those days, like Shinobu ORIKUCHI, did not use the same hot water to take a bath as women after the women had taken a bath.
Japanese: また、昔の村下は、折口信夫の様だが、女性が入った後のお湯を使ったりすることもしなかったと言われている。
English: The above was also described in detail in "Tetsuzan Hisho" (Tetsuzan's Secret Book) written by Shigenaka SHIMOHARA who was a resident in Miyaichi, Hino County, Hakuki Province.
Japanese: 上記は、伯耆国日野郡宮市の住人下原重仲が著した『鉄山秘書』にも詳しく書かれている。
English: There is a theory that interprets the features of Kanayago-kami based on inyo-gogyo-setsu (negative-positive-five-line theory), the features are because katsura tree (the Chinese character for katsura includes two Chinese characters meaning soil as its parts) and dead human bodies are soil-natured and the soil nature generates the gold nature therefore improving the yield of mines and metal forging.
Japanese: 金屋子神の特徴の解釈としては、陰陽五行説より、桂（土が２つ字の中にある）や死体は土性であり、土性は金性を生ずることから、鉱山・鍛冶の歩留まりが良くなるからではないか、との説がある。
English: The Iwami-ginzan silver mine is located about 40 km west of Kanayago-jinja Shrine and Sahimeyama-jinja Shrine (Ota City), and it is said that the name "sahime" is another name for Kanayago-kami.
Japanese: 金屋子神社より西方約40kmに石見銀山があり、当地に佐毘売山神社(大田市)（さひめやまじんじゃ）があるが、この『佐毘売』は、金屋子神の別名ではないかと言われている。
English: Mt. Sanpei which was deeply related to nigihayahi and Mononobe clan was called Mt. Sahiuri in ancient times.
Japanese: 尚、ニギハヤヒや物部氏と関係が深いとされる三瓶山は古来、佐比売山と呼ばれていた。
English: 5 km in the west from Mt. Sanpei in Ichi no miya in Iwami Province, there is Mononobe-jinja Shrine (in Ota City) which are said to be both sides of a coin for Ishigami-jingu Shrine.
Japanese: また、三瓶山の西、約5kmに、石見国一宮で、石上神宮と表裏一体であると言われる物部神社(大田市)が鎮座する。
English: Words such as "when you ask where Kanayago-kami was born, the god originally born in Abe-ga-mori in Katsuragi" still remain in a tatara song (which was sung when the bellows were used for metal forging) handed down in Nishi-Awakura-cho, Hideta-gun, Okayama Prefecture.
Japanese: また、岡山県英田郡西粟倉町に伝わるタタラ唄に『金屋子神の生まれを問えば、元は葛城　安部が森』との言葉が残る。
English: Ikasuri no mikannagi no matsuru kami god is a god in Shintoism (Shintoism).
Japanese: 坐摩巫祭神（いかすりのみかんなぎのまつるかみ）は、神道の神(神道)である。
English: Ikasuri no mikannagi no matsuru-kami god was originally a god which was deified by Ikasuri no mikannagi (unmarried female ritual officers) in the west building of Shingi-kan ritual office.
Japanese: 元々は、宮中の神祇官西院で坐摩巫（いかすりのみかんなぎ）によって祀られていた神である。
English: In the Engishiki shinmeicho god list, Ikasuri no mikannagi no matsuru kami god was described as "five Ikasuri no mikannagi saishin festival gods" of the 36 gods in the Imperial Court, and it was written that the five gods were in the line for the main shrine and were invited for the gifts of Tsukinami (monthly festival) and Niiname (the new rice festival).
Japanese: 延喜式神名帳では、宮中神三十六座のうちの「坐摩巫祭神五座」と記載され、大社に列格し、月次・新嘗の幣帛に預ると記されている。
English: Today, Ikasuri no mikannagi no masturu kami god is known as the festival gods of Ikasuri-jinja Shrine in Chuo Ward in Osaka City.
Japanese: 今日では、大阪市中央区(大阪市)の坐摩神社の祭神として知られている。
English: In the citation that mentions that the Shingi-kan ritual office was located in Heiankyo capital city (later on, the capital was moved), there is the Fukunaga-jinja Shrine which deifies Sakue no kami god and Tsunagae no kami god of the Ikasuri no mikannagi no matsuru kami gods.
Japanese: また、平安京の神祇官があった地（後に遷座）には坐摩巫祭神のうち福井神と綱長井神を祀る福長神社がある。
English: Ashiha-jinja Shrine in Fukui City deifies the five gods referring to them as 'Omiyaji no mitama' and there is a theory that the name of the area 'Fukui' was named after Sakue no kami god.
Japanese: 福井市の足羽神社ではこの5神を「大宮地之霊」と称して祀っており、「福井」という地名は福井神より名付けられたという説がある。
English: Takuhatachijihime no Mikoto is a female deity (Shinto) in Japanese mythology.
Japanese: 栲幡千千姫命（たくはたちぢひめのみこと）は、日本神話に登場する神(神道)である。
English: This goddess is described as Yorozuhatatoyoakitsushihime no Mikoto in "Kojiki" (The Records of Ancient Matters).
Japanese: 古事記では萬幡豊秋津師比売命（よろづはたとよあきつしひめのみこと）と表記される。
English: In the "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihonshoki, she is described as Takuhatachijihimeyorozuhime no Mikoto, Amenoyorozuhatahime no Mikoto, Takuhatachihatahime no Mikoto.
Japanese: 一書では栲幡千千媛萬媛命（たくはたちぢひめよろづひめのみこと）、天萬栲幡媛命（あめのよろづはたひめのみこと）、栲幡千幡姫命（たくはたちはたひめのみこと）と表記される。
English: She is a daughter of Takamimusubi (Takagi no kami) in "Kojiki", the body of "Nihon Shoki", and "alternate writing" transmitted by "Nihonshoki" vol. 2, vol. 6, vol. 7, and vol. 8.
Japanese: 古事記および日本書紀本文・第二・第六・第七・第八の一書ではタカミムスビ（高木神）の娘としている。
English: In the "alternate writing" transmitted by "Nihonshoki" vol. 6, she is also written as a child of Kohonotohata hime who is a daughter of Takamimusubi no kami (namely grandchild of Takamimusubi no kami).
Japanese: 日本書紀第六の一書では「また曰く」として高皇産霊神の子の児火之戸幡姫の子（すなわち高皇産霊神の孫）と記されている。
English: If the meaning is shrink, it means a high-quality shrinked texture, and if the meaning is plenty, it shows plenty of weaving.
Japanese: 前者であれば織地が縮んだ上質の織物のこととなり、後者であれば機織がさかんな様子を表す。
English: Takehiratori no Mikoto is a male deity (Shinto) in Japanese mythology.
Japanese: 建比良鳥命（たけひらとりのみこと）は、日本神話に登場する神(神道)である。
English: In "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), he is written as Takehinateru no Mikoto, Takehinadori no Mikoto, Amenohinadori no Mikoto, and is also called as Amenohinaderi no Mikoto.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』では武日照命（たけひなてるのみこと）・武夷鳥命・天夷鳥命（あめのひなどりのみこと）と記され、天日照命（あめのひなでりのみこと）とも称される。
English: In "Kojiki", Takehiratori no Mikoto is a child of Amenohohi in the section of "Amaterasu and Susanoo no Ukei" (pledge between Amaterasu and Susanoo).
Japanese: 『古事記』ではアマテラスとスサノオの誓約の段で、アメノホヒの子が建比良鳥命である。
English: Takehiratori no Mikoto is described as the soshin (ancestor honored as god) in Izumo no kuninomiyatsuko (provincial governor), Musashi no kuninomiyatsuko, Kamitsuunakami no kuniomiyatsuko, Shimotsuunakami no kuninomiyatsuko, Ijimu no kuninomiyatsuko, Tsushimanoagata no atai, Totomi no kuninomiyatsuko, etc.
Japanese: 建比良鳥命は、出雲国造・无邪志国造・上菟上国造・下菟上国造・伊自牟国造・津島県直・遠江国造等の祖神であると記されている。
English: In "Nihonshoki", Emperor Sujin said that he would like to see dedicated sacred treasures, which Takehinateru no Mikoto (also called as Takehinadori no Mikoto or Amenohinadori no Mikoto) had brought from heaven, in Izumo-taisha Shrine in July 38 B.C.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』では、崇神天皇60年7月、天皇が「武日照命（武夷鳥命とも天夷鳥命ともいう）が天から持って来た神宝が出雲大社に納められているから、それを見たい」と言ったと記されている。
English: "Izumo kokuso kamuyogoto" (Divine Words of the Ritual Priest of Izumo Taisha Shrine) contains a passage saying: 'Amenohinadori no Mikoto descended from heaven with Futsunushi no Mikoto.'
Japanese: 『出雲国造神賀詞』には、「天夷鳥命に布都怒志命を副へて天降し」という一節がある。
English: There is an explanation that names of deity, 'hiratori', 'hinadori', and 'hinateru', means deity decended from heaven to an uncivilized place and conquered the country.
Japanese: 神名の「ヒラトリ」「ヒナドリ」「ヒナテル」は「鄙照（ひなてる）」の意で、天降って辺鄙な地を平定した神の意という説がある。
English: Jinpo or kamudara refers to items which are stored within the inner sanctum located in the sanctuary of a Shinto shrine.
Japanese: 神宝（じんぽう、かむだから）とは、神社の本殿内陣に納められている物である。
English: In ancient times, it symbolized the ruling clan's authority, and it was also used in religious rituals by the ruling clan.
Japanese: 古代には氏族の権威の象徴、あるいは氏族の祭祀に使用されたものであった。
English: Then, many everyday items similar to the ones used by humans were included among jinpo.
Japanese: すると、神宝の中に、人間が使用するものと同じような日用品が多く含まれるようになる。
English: Konsei-shin, who is also called as Konsei-daimyojin or Konsei-sama, is the god representing a goshintai (object of worship housed in a Shinto shrine and believed to contain the spirit of a god) made of stone, wood or metal which is shaped like a phallus.
Japanese: 金精神（こんせいしん）は、金精大明神（こんせいだいみょうじん）、金精様（こんせいさま）などとも呼ばれ、石、木、金属製の男根の形をした御神体を祀った神である。
English: For the name 'Konsei' (金精), various phonetic-equivalent kanji characters such as 金勢, 金清, 金生, 魂生, 根性 and 根精 are used other than 金精.
Japanese: 「金精」以外に、金勢、金清、金生、魂生、根性、根精などさまざまな当て字がされている。
English: There are shrines enshrining Konsei-shin in many parts of Japan, and in particular, many can be found in the Tohoku and Kanto region located in the eastern part of Japan.
Japanese: 金精神を祀った神社は全国各地にあるが、特に東日本の東北地方から関東地方にかけての地域に多くみられる。
English: The goshintai of Konsei-shin has a form of an erect penis, and the first character "金" for "kon" of its name means glorious like gold and the second character "精" for "sei" means vigor to imply vigorous sexual drive.
Japanese: 金精神は勃起した男根の形をしており、金は金色に輝くような、精は勢であり精力絶倫な男根を意味しているとされる。
English: The worship of Konsei-shin is said to have started from genital worship which was related to fertility and productiveness.
Japanese: 金精神は、豊穣や生産に結びつく性器崇拝の信仰によるものから始まったとされている。
English: The god is believed to give efficacy to those praying for pregnancy, smooth delivery or marriage and those suffering from genital diseases or sexually transmitted diseases, and in relation to fertility and productiveness, the god is also believed to answer prayers for prosperous trade.
Japanese: 子宝、安産、縁結び、下の病や性病などに霊験があるとされるが、他に豊穣や生産に結びつくことから商売繁盛にも霊験があるとされている。
English: People who offer prayers to Konsei-shin dedicate the same objects (phallus) of the same shape and material of stone, wood, or metal as the goshintai enshrined in each shrine,
Japanese: 祈願者は石や木や金属製の御神体（男根）と同じものを奉納して祈願する。
English: Although the original shrine for Konsei-shin worship is said to be Makibori-jinja Shrine enshrining a metallic goshintai in Makibori, Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, it has not been confirmed whether or not it is true.
Japanese: 金精神の本源となる神社は、金属製の男根を御神体としていた岩手県盛岡市巻堀の巻堀神社といわれているが、定かではない。
English: Among other shrines enshrining Konsei-shin is famous Konse-jinja Shrine located in Konsei-toge Mountain Path on the border between Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture and Katashina-mura, Tone-gun, Gunma Prefecture.
Japanese: 他に金精神を祀る神社としては、栃木県日光市と群馬県利根郡片品村との境の金精峠に鎮座する金精神社(日光市・片品村)などが有名である。
English: Since hot springs have been symbols of female genitals since ancient times, Konsei-shin symbolizing the penis is enshrined at many hot springs in hope that the hot springs will never be dried up and will continue to well up.
Japanese: なお、古来より温泉は女陰であるとされていることから、温泉が枯れずに湧き続けるように男根である金精神を祀っているという温泉も多い。
English: As hot spring areas enshrining Konsei-shin, Osawa-onsen Hot Spring in Hananomaki City, Iwate Prefecture and Fukenoyu-onsen Hot Spring in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture are known.
Japanese: 金精神を祀っている温泉としては、岩手県花巻市の大沢温泉や秋田県鹿角市の蒸ノ湯温泉などが知られている。
English: Amanoiwatowakenokami is a god (of Shinto) who appears in Japanese Mythology.
Japanese: 天石門別神（あまのいわとわけのかみ）は、日本神話に登場する神(神道)である。
English: According to Kojiki, when Ninigi, the grandson of Amaterasu, was sent down to earth, Omoikane (the god of wisdom and talent), Ameno Tajikarao (the god of physical strength) and Amanoiwatowakenokami were added to his attendants along with three sacred imperial treasures given to him.
Japanese: ニニギが天降る際、三種の神器にオモイカネ・アメノタヂカラオ・天石門別神を添えたと記されている。
English: Kojiki describes in the same chapter that Amanoiwatowakenokami, who was also called as Kushiiwamado no kami or Toyoiwamado no kami, was the god of Imperial Gates.
Japanese: 同段で天石戸別神は又の名を櫛石窓神（くしいわまどのかみ）、豊石窓神（とよいわまどのかみ）といい、御門の神であると記されている。
English: Many of the gods appearing in the tensonkorin myth also appear in the myth preceding Tensonkorin, called Iwato-gakure (the hiding of Amaterasu Omikami, the sun goddess, in the heavenly rock cave), but Amanoiwatowakenokami does not appear in this myth.
Japanese: 天孫降臨の段に登場する神の多くはその前の岩戸隠れの段にも登場しているが、この神は岩戸隠れの段には見えない。
English: Examples of shrines enshrining Amanoiwatowakenokami (Kushiiwamado no kami or Toyoiwamado no kami) include Amenoiwatowake-jinja Shrine (Mimasaka City, Okayama Prefecture), Kushiiwamado-jinja Shrine (Sasayama City, Hyogo Prefecture), Omatsuri Amenoiwatohiko-jinja Shrine (Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture), and Amenoiwatete-jinja Shrine (Nara City, Nara Prefecture).
Japanese: 天石門別神（櫛石窓神・豊石窓神）を祀る神社に天岩門別神社（岡山県美作市）、櫛石窓神社（兵庫県篠山市）、大祭天石門彦神社（島根県浜田市）、天乃石立神社（奈良県奈良市）などがある。
English: Yasakatome no kami is a goddess in the Shinto religion, Kisakigami (God Empress) married to Takeminakata no kami.
Japanese: 八坂刀売神（やさかとめのかみ）は神道の女神(神道)で、建御名方神の妃神である。
English: There is a legend that Omiwatari (cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa) are formed when Takeminakata no kami, the god enshrined at kami sha (southern shrine building in Suwa taisha Shrine) visits shimo sha (northern shrine building in Suwa taisha Shrine) enshrining Yasakatome no kami.
Japanese: 諏訪湖の諏訪湖御神渡りは、上社に祀られている建御名方神が下社の八坂刀売神の下を訪れる際にできたものであるという伝説がある。
English: Hisatsu-hime (比佐津媛) is a goddess enshrined in Yoso-jinja Shrine in Oaza-Hidaka, Hita City, Oita Prefecture.
Japanese: 比佐津媛（ヒサツヒメ）は大分県日田市大字日高にある會所（よそ）神社に祀られている女神。
English: No tale can be found which mentions this goddess except for the account in Bungo no Kuni Fudoki where Emperor Keiko returns from the Conquest of Kumaso (a tribe living in the ancient Kyushu district) and comes to Hita County in Bungo Province, a goddess who called herself Hisatsu-hime had changes her figure into a human and goes to meet him, and talks to him about the state of the county.
Japanese: 景行天皇が熊襲征伐の帰りに豊後国日田郡に立ち寄った際にヒサツヒメと名乗る神が人に姿を変えて出迎え、郡内の様子を話したと豊後風土記にあるほかには、この神が現れる話は見当たらない。
English: One opinion is that she was Himiko of Yamatai-koku Kingdom, and another view is that a woman who was in the almost same position about the same period as her was enshrined as a goddess after the death.
Japanese: 一説には、邪馬台国の卑弥呼である、又は、ほぼ同時期に同じような立場にあった女性が死後に神として祀られたものである、などといわれている。
English: Yoso-jinja Shrine where Hisatsu-hime is enshrined is located in 74-banch, Oaza-Hidaka, Hita City, now.
Japanese: 久津媛が祀られている會所神社は、現在、日田市大字日高74番地に鎮座している。
English: Originally, she was enshrined with Emperor Keiko in a shrine named Hisatsu-hime jinja Shrine located at the top of Mt. Yoso, and later a new shrine was erected halfway up the mountain and they have been enshrined together.
Japanese: もとは、會所山（よそやま）山頂にあった久津媛神社という祠に景行天皇と共に祀られていたものを山の中腹に新たに社を建てて合祀したものである。
English: After the opening of Hisatsu Tunnel bored through the mountainside of Mt. Yoso, the extensive damage to the cedar forests caused by typhoon No.19 in 1991 was attributed to the curse of Hisatsu-hime.
Japanese: 會所山中腹を貫いた、久津トンネルが開通したのちに平成3年台風第19号によって杉の山林に大きな被害が出たことを、ヒサツヒメの祟りであるのではといわれている。
English: There is another view that once Mt. Yoso had been a place to perform rites, and a woman who had been a mikannagi (female engaging festivals) was later enshrined as a goddess.
Japanese: かつて、會所山は、祭事を行う場所であるとして、そこで御巫をしていた女性が後に神として祀られたものであるという見方もある。
English: Amatsukume no mikoto is a god (Shinto) who appears in Japanese Mythology.
Japanese: 天久米命（あまつくめのみこと）は、日本神話に登場する神(神道)である。
English: In the section of tensonkorin (the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess) of Kojiki, Amatsukume no mikoto and Amenooshihi no mikoto are described as on equal footing.
Japanese: 古事記の天孫降臨の段では天久米命と天忍日命は対等の立場で書かれている。
English: But in the section of Jinmu tosei (Eastern expedition of the Emperor Jinmu) of Nihonshoki, Kumebe who was a descendant of Amatsukume no mikoto was a subordinate of Michinoomi no mikoto who was a descendant of Amenooshihi no mikoto.
Japanese: だが、日本書紀の神武東征の段では、天久米命の子孫の久米部は、天忍日命の子孫である道臣命の部下となっている。
English: He is enshrined in Kumenomiagata-jinja Shrine in present-day Kume-cho, Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture, which was the residence of Kume clan in Yamato area.
Japanese: 大和での久米氏の居住地であった現在の奈良県橿原市久米町にある久米御縣神社に祀られている。
English: Moriya-shin (also pronounced as Moreya-shin) is an indigenous god (Shinto) believed to live around the Suwa region in Nagano Prefecture.
Japanese: 洩矢神（もりやしん、もれやしん）は、長野県諏訪地域を中心に信仰を集めた土着神。
English: According to traditions like "Suwa Daimyojin Ekotoba" and so on, Moriya-shin had been in ancient times a god (Shinto) who had ruled Suwa region.
Japanese: 『諏訪大明神絵詞』などの伝承によれば洩矢神は古来諏訪地方を統べる神であった。
English: Moriya-shin confronted him, making use of kanawa (iron ring) as a weapon, but it was destroyed by a branch of wisteria held by Takeminakata no kami and he was defeated.
Japanese: 洩矢神は鉄輪を武具として迎え撃つが、建御名方神の持つフジ(植物)の枝により鉄輪が朽ちてしまい敗北した。
English: It is said that thereafter, Moriya-shin transferred the position of enshrined deity in Suwa region to Takeminakata no kami, and has been under his rule.
Japanese: 以後、洩矢神は諏訪地方の祭神の地位を建御名方神に譲り、その支配下に入ることとなったという。
English: And the place of Moreya-jinja Shrine bearing his name (Hashihara, Kawagishi Ward, Okaya City, Nagano Prefecture) is thought to have been the place where was the headquarters of Moriya-shin in this fight.
Japanese: また、その名が残る洩矢神社（長野県岡谷市川岸区橋原）はこの戦いの際の洩矢神の本陣があった場所とされる。
English: In the medieval and early-modern period, Suwa clan regarded as a descendant of Takeminakata no kami served as Ohori (the highest rank of the saints in Shinto) of kamisha of Suwa-taisha Shrine on one hand, Moriya clan regarded as a descendant of Moriya-shin served as Jincho (head of Shinto priests) which is Shinto priest on the other.
Japanese: 中世・近世においては建御名方神の末裔とされる諏訪氏が諏訪大社上社の大祝を務めたのに対し、洩矢神の末裔とされる守矢氏は筆頭神官である神長を務めた。
English: Oyatsu-hime, written as "大屋都比賣神" or "大屋津姫命," is the goddess of trees in Japanese mythology.
Japanese: 大屋都比賣神（おおやつひめ）、及び大屋津姫命は、日本神話に登場する樹木の女神。
English: According to the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), her father is Susanoo, her older brother is Isotakeru, and her younger sister is Tsumatsu-hime.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』の一書では父神・スサノオ、兄神・五十猛神命、妹神・抓津姫神。
English: It is said that Susanoo ordered her, together with Isotakeru and Tsumatsu-hime, to sow the seeds of trees on mountains all over the country, and after that, she went back to Kii Province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture) and lived there.
Japanese: 五十猛命や抓津姫命と共に素盞嗚尊の命により全国の山々に木種を撒き、紀伊国（現在の和歌山県）に戻って住んだとされる。
English: One of the Chinese characters in her name means 'home,' which indicates that, as well as the goddess of trees, she is also the goddess of things made of wood including buildings, homes and ships.
Japanese: 大屋津姫命の神名の「屋」とは、家屋の事であり、彼女が樹木を司る神であると同時に、樹木から作られる建造物、家屋や船などの神である事を示している。
English: She is also the goddess of reproduction, because her sowing of seeds all over the country represents women's ability to give birth.
Japanese: また、木種を全国に撒く事は、子供を産む力を持った女性として、彼女は生殖を司る神でもある事を意味する。
English: Today, she is worshiped as the goddess of forestry and the construction industry, along with her older brother, Isotakeru, and her younger sister, Tsumatsu-hime.
Japanese: 現在大屋津姫命は、兄神五十猛命や妹神抓津姫命と共に林業や建築業の神として信仰を集めている。
English: The fifth addendum to chapter eight in the first volume of the "Nihonshoki" mentions Oyatsu-hime in the following passage.
Japanese: 『日本書紀』卷第一第八段の第五の一書では、以下のとおりに記述されている。
English: Susanoo said, "There is gold and silver in the islands of Karakuni (considered to be a part of present-day Korea), so it is not good that the country controlled by my children doesn't have any ships." Then, he pulled out some hairs of his beard and scattered them, and then, they turned into cedars. He continued pulling out some hairs from parts of his body. The hairs he picked from his chest turned into hinoki (Japanese cypresses), the hairs he picked from his buttocks turned into maki (Japanese yew pines), and his plucked eyebrows turned into camphor trees. After that, he decided on the use of each tree and suggested, "Cedars and camphor trees should be used for making ships, Japanese cypresses should be used for constructing palaces, Japanese yew pines should be used for coffins when the body is buried. Everyone should join together to sow seeds of many trees used for these various purposes and grow many more trees." Around this time, he had a son, Isotakeru, and two daughters, Oyatsu-hime and Tsumatsu-hime. These three gods contributed to sowing seeds and growing trees all across the nation, and then they moved to Kii Province (the southern part of present-day Mie and Wakayama Prefectures) where they were enshrined. After that, Susanoo finally entered Ne-no-kuni (underworld) via Kumanarinotake.
Japanese: 一書曰素戔嗚尊曰韓郷之嶋是有金銀若使吾兒所御之國不有浮寶者未是佳也乃拔鬚髯散之即成杉又拔散胸毛是成檜尻毛是成柀眉毛是成櫲樟已而定其當用乃稱之曰杉及櫲樟此兩樹者可以爲浮寶檜可以爲瑞宮之材柀可以爲顯見蒼生奥津棄戸將臥之具夫須噉八十木種皆能播生于時素戔嗚尊之子號曰五十猛命妹大屋津姫命次枛津姫命凡此三神亦能分布木種即奉渡於紀伊國也然後素戔嗚尊居熊成峯而遂入於根國者矣棄戸此云須多杯柀此云磨紀
English: The "Chigi hongi" (Original Record of Earthly Deities) in chapter four of the "Sendai Kujihongi," a text that appeared in the Heian period but whose authenticity is disputed, mentions Oyatsu-hime in the following passage.
Japanese: 日本紀講筵の際提出された偽書とされる『先代旧事本紀』巻第四地祇本紀の記述は以下のとおりに記述されている。
English: Susanoo had a son, Isotakeru and two daughters, Oyatsu-hime and Tsumatsu-hime. These three gods contributed to sowing seeds and growing trees all across the nation, and then they moved to Kii Province where they were enshrined.
Japanese: 一説曰素戔烏尊之子號曰五十猛命妹大屋姫命次抓津姫命凡三神亦能分布八十木種則奉渡於紀伊國及此國所祭之神是也
English: Susanoo and Amaterasu made a pledge to prove their sincerity (...) His next child was a son named Isotakeru, also called Oyahiko no Kami. After Isotakeru, he had two daughters, Oyatsu-hime and Tsumatsu-hime. These three gods were enshrined in Kii Province, which means the Kinokuni no Miyatsuko (governor or ruler of Kii Province) worshiped them devoutly as deities.
Japanese: 素戔烏尊此尊與天照太神共誓約（中略）次五十猛命亦云大屋彦神次大屋姫神次抓津姫神已上三柱並坐紀伊國則紀伊國造齋祠神也
English: Iwakura is one form of worship within Koshintoism (Shintoism practiced prior to the introduction of Confucianism and Buddhism to Japan), which worships nature (worshipping of spirits, animism) that has been in Japan since the ancient times.
Japanese: 磐座（いわくら）とは、日本に古くからある自然崇拝（精霊崇拝・アニミズム）である古神道のなかの一つの信仰をさす。
English: Besides boulders, examples of nature worship vary greatly from the worship of mountains and forests, which are local Shinto deities, as forbidden land (the forest itself is the shrine, and the forest itself is the local Shinto deity), worship of kamunabi such as Mt. Miwa and Mt. Fuji, which is the worship of fire (volcanoes), to the worship of water falls and meteorological phenomena such as wind, rain and thunder.
Japanese: 自然への信仰の例は岩以外にも、禁足地としての鎮守の森（モリ自体が神社をさし、杜は鎮守の森自身である）や山に対する信仰、火(火山)に対する信仰である三輪山や富士山などの神名火（カムナビ）、滝などから、風雨・雷という気象現象までの多岐に渡るものである。