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Seeking the hand of Princess Suseri-hime, the earthly god Okuninushi travels to Ne-no-Kuni, the underworld realm of her father, the storm god Susanoo. Susanoo subjects Okuninushi to a series of deadly trials, beginning by locking him in a chamber filled entirely with venomous snakes. With the help of Suseri-hime's magical scarf, Okuninushi survives this and subsequent trials to eventually...
To negotiate the peaceful transfer of the earthly realm to the descendants of the sun goddess Amaterasu, the thunder deity Takemikazuchi descended to Inasa Beach in Izumo. In a stunning display of divine authority, he drove his massive sword tip-first into the beach sand and sat cross-legged atop its sharp point. This display, followed by a trial of strength against the defiant god...
Amaterasu, the supreme sun goddess of Takamagahara, decided that her descendant should rule over the terrestrial land of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni. To achieve this, she dispatched a succession of divine messengers to the earthly realm to demand that the ruler, Okuninushi, yield his authority. This sequence of envoys culminated in a powerful confrontation at Inasa Beach, where the earthly...
This Japanese myth recounts the partnership between the benevolent deity Okuninushi and the dwarf god Sukunabikona, who arrived on a wave in a tiny boat. Together, they traveled across the Japanese archipelago, developing agriculture, establishing the arts of medicine, and taming wild beasts to make the land habitable. Their collaborative efforts laid the physical and spiritual foundations of...
The dwarf god Sukunabikona arrives across the waves in a tiny boat made of a feather, wearing garments of moth wings, to assist Okuninushi in creating, organizing, and healing the land of Ashihara no Nakatsukuni. Together, they establish medicine, hot springs, agricultural techniques, and sake-brewing to benefit humanity before Sukunabikona eventually departs for the eternal land of Tokoyo no...
To escape his eighty jealous brothers, the young god Onamuji travels to the underworld, where he falls in love with the storm god Susanoo's daughter, Suseri-hime. Susanoo subjects him to a series of deadly trials, but with the help of Suseri-hime and a helpful field mouse, Onamuji survives them all. Finally, Onamuji outwits the storm god by tying Susanoo's hair to the palace rafters while he...