![]() ![]() Generally this myth is appreciated for its princess and dragon theme. Susanō believed this sword to be divine, and he handed it to Amaterasu Ōmikami in the heavenly realm. The sword he had found was known as Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi, but was later renamed Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. Puzzled, Susanō continued to cut up the tail, until he came across a truly divine sword within. As Susanō cut into one of the monster’s eight tails, the blade of his sword cracks. The serpent drinks the brew and becomes drowsy, at which point Susanō uses his Totsuka-no-Tsurugi (ten-fist long sword) to slice it up into little pieces. On the premise that he can marry the girl, Kushinada-hime, Susanō promises that he will destroy the monster.Ī very strong brew of sake is prepared and left out for the serpent to consume. Inquiring about their sorrow, he was told that each year Yamata-no-Orochi, an eight-headed serpent, comes to devour one of their daughters, and is returning to take away another soon. To summarise the main points of this myth, the kami Susanō descended from Takamagahara and travelled to the river Hi in the province of Izumo where he comes across a young maiden sitting between a tearful elderly couple at the head-waters of the river. The origin of the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi is found in the myth of Yamata-no-Ōrochi. Totsuka-no-Tsurugi actually refers toa splendid sword with blade ten-fists long, and is not the name of a specific sword per se. Incidentally, there are texts that consider the Totsuka-no-Tsurugi as the third sacred sword of significance, however this is incorrect. ![]() The first is the aforementioned Futsu-no-Mitama-no-Tsurugi, and the other is the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi. In discussions concerning Japanese mythology, there are said to be two ancient and sacred swords of significance. The Sacred Sword-The Emergence of Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi ![]()
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