White Hare of Inaba myths and legends

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The Princess Yakami-hime Choosing Okuninushi Over His Eighty Jealous Brothers

⛩️ Japanese MythologyHakuto Shrine, Tottori, JapanOnamuchi-no-Kami • Yakami-hime • The White Hare of Inaba

This myth tells the story of the gentle god Okuninushi, then known as Onamuchi, who traveled to the land of Inaba alongside his eighty jealous brothers. Along the way, he showed compassion to the flayed White Hare of Inaba, who prophesied that Onamuchi would win the hand of the beautiful Princess Yakami-hime. Despite his brothers' cruelty and attempts on his life, the princess rejected the...