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Myths about Yasogami

Explore myths connected by the recurring theme of Yasogami across cultures, characters, and sacred places.

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Okuninushi's Brothers Trapping Him with a Red-Hot Boulder Painted Like a Boar

⛩️ Japanese MythologyMount Tema, Tottori, JapanOnamuji • Yasogami • Sashikuni-wakahi-hime

Driven by intense jealousy, the eighty brothers of Onamuji plot to murder him on Mount Tema. They trick him into catching a red-hot boulder under the pretense that it is a giant red boar running down the mountain. Onamuji catches the scorching stone and is instantly killed, but he is subsequently resurrected by his mother and two celestial clam goddesses.