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Japanese Mythology & Deities

Major Gods in the Chronicles (25)

Susanoo-no-mikoto

~ The god who turned into a good god after being exiled from the high heavens

Susanoo has a diverse personality. He is first portrayed as a petulant young man, then as an unpredictable, violent boor who causes chaos and destruction before becoming a monster, showing his violent side in the high heavens. When he descends to Izumo, his character changes dramatically and becomes a heroic figure.

The word "Susa" in the name of the deity means "storm" or "stormy weather", and it is believed that the behaviour of Susanoo in the high heavens shows the damage caused by storms. There is a theory that it is the same root as "advance" and means to do things with vigour, another theory that it is associated with Susa, which is in the middle reaches of the Kobe River in western Izumo, and another theory that Susanoo is a deification of the chieftain of a country, ‘Susa-go’.

First, through the misogi of Izanagi, he is born the youngest brother of Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, and as one of the three noble children is ordered to rule over the sea, but he is continually crying out for his mother. From there, he goes to visit his sister Amaterasu in the high heavens, but there, too, he commits acts of treason and is banished by the gods of the high heavens, who strip his fingernails and pluck out his beard.

After this terrible ordeal, Susano-no-mikoto quickly transformed himself into a good deity, subdued the Yamata-no-orochi serpent, and ruled the Land of Izumo where in between the high heavens and the land of dead.

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記紀に登場する主な神々(25)

須佐之男命（すさのおのみこと）

~ 高天の原を追放された後、善神に変じた神

須佐之男（すさのおの）は多彩な性格を有している。彼は、最初は小心者の青年として描かれ、次に、怪物になる前に混乱と破壊を引き起こす予測不可能な暴力的な無作法者として描かれ、高天原では凶暴な一面を見せる。出雲へ降りると一転して英雄的な性格となる。

神名の「すさ」は、‘荒れすさぶ‘の意として嵐の神、暴風雨の神とする説や高天原での須佐之男（すさのおの）の行いは暴風雨の被害を示すとする、「進む」と同根で’勢いのままに事を行う‘の意、とする説、出雲西部の神戸川中流にある須佐に因むとする説、須佐之男（すさのおの）は須佐郷の族長を神格化したものとするがある。

まず、伊邪那岐命（いざなぎ）の禊によって、天照大御神(あまてらす)と月読命(つくよみ)の弟として生まれ、三貴子の一人として海原の統治を命じられるが、いつまでも母恋しさに泣き叫ぶ。そこから高天の原の姉・天照大御神(あまてらす)を訪ねるが、そこでも悪逆非道の限りをつくし、高天の原の神々から爪を剥がされ、髭を抜かれて追放される。

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Japanese Mythology & Deities

Major Gods in the Chronicles (24)

Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto ~ God of the moon, the ruler of the night & reading the moon calendar

In the Chronicles, Tsukuyomi is said to be born out of the right eye of Izanagi-no-Mikoto when he purified himself after fleeing from the Land of the Dead. He is the younger brother of the eldest goddess Amaterasu (The sun god) and the elder brother of Susanoo-no-mikoto (The god of the sea).

He is thought to be the deity of the moon who rules over the land of night, but there are several different theories.

It is said that he was born after the goddess Oohirume-no-Muchi (Amaterasu, the sun goddess), and that "his luminous splendour is as bright as the sun, and he should rule with the sun.” This may mean that he is the god of the full moon, who is comparable to the sun.

Not many anecdotes have survived, and Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is so little known that even his gender is unknown, but he has a rare beauty, and the sea and the night - this is his domain.

Tsukuyomi-no-mikoto is mentioned in the following episode:

Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when he killed Ukemochi, the goddess of food.

Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Ukemochi. The goddess created the food by turning to the ocean and spitting out a fish, then facing a forest and spitting out boiled vegetables, and finally turning to a rice paddy and coughing up a bowl of rice. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the fact that, although it looked exquisite, the meal was made in a disgusting manner, and so he killed her.

Soon, Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to another part of the sky. This is the reason that day and night are never together.

However, a similar anecdote is told of his younger brother Susanoo, so some believe that it was Susanoo who killed Ukemochi, or that Susanoo and Tsukiyomi are the same god.

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月読命（つくよみのみこと）

~ 夜の国を治め、月齢や暦を読む月の神

記紀において、月読命（つくよみのみこと）は伊邪那岐命（いざなぎのみこと）によって生み出されたとされる。月を神格化した、夜を統べる神であると考えられているが、異説もある。長女・天照大御神（あまてらすおおみかみ）の弟神にあたり、須佐之男命（すさのおのみこと）の兄神にあたる。

日本書紀には、大日孁貴（おおひるめのむち）に続いて生まれた神とあり、「その光彩（うるわ）しきこと、日に亜げり。以って日に並べて治らすべし」とある。太陽と比肩しうる満月の神という意味だろう。

あまり多くの逸話が残されておらず、月読命（つくよみのみこと）については、性別さえも不明なほど知られていないが、世にも稀なる美形であり、海と夜、これが月読命（つくよみのみこと）の領域である。

なお、月読命（つくよみ）には、次のようなエピソードが残されている：

あるとき、月読命(つくよみ)は、天照大御神(あまてらす)の命を受けて保食神(うけもちのかみ=五穀豊穰の女神)の元に行った。このとき保食神(うけもち)に、自らの口から吐き出した食物を取り出してもてなされた無礼な行為を怒った月読命(つくよみ)は、女神を切り殺してしまう。

やがて、天照大御神(あまてらす)は事の真相を知り、怒りのあまり二度と月読命(つくよみ)を見ることを拒み、永遠に別の場所へと移動した。昼と夜が一緒になることがないのは、このためである。