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While traveling to woo Princess Yakami of Inaba, the eighty brothers of Okuninushi trick a flayed hare into bathing in saltwater, causing it agonizing pain. Okuninushi, carrying his brothers' heavy baggage, discovers the weeping hare on the beach and provides compassionate healing advice. Through this act of benevolence, the hare prophesies that Okuninushi, despite his lowly status among his...
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.
The myth of Ōnamuchi (later Ōkuninushi) and his eighty brothers who travel to the province of Inaba to court Princess Yakami. While his proud brothers force Ōnamuchi to carry all their heavy luggage, they encounter a suffering, skinless hare on the coast of Inaba. The brothers trick the hare with painful advice, but the compassionate Ōnamuchi offers the correct remedy, earning the gratitude...
During a journey to win the hand of Princess Yakami, the compassionate deity Ōkuninushi encountered the White Hare of Inaba, who had been flayed by sea beasts and further tormented by Ōkuninushi's cruel brothers. Ōkuninushi kindly advised the suffering hare to wash in a freshwater river and roll in the healing pollen of cattails. Once restored, the grateful hare prophesied that Ōkuninushi...