Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi are a pair of Japanese deities.[1] They are the parents of
Kushinadahime, the wife of
Susanoo-no-Mikoto.[2] The serpent killed their other 7 daughters.[3][4]
Their names mean foot stroking elder and hand stroking elder respectively.[5][6][7] They are considered
Kunitsukami.[5][4] They are the only two deities of the
Kojiki explicitly stated as elders.[8]
Ashinazuchi brought alcohol to
Susanoo in order to kill
Yamata no Orochi[9][4] alongside Tensazuchi.[4] Susanoo got the serpent drink with the alcohol and killed it for them.[10]
In the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the god
Susanoo, after his banishment from the heavenly realm
Takamagahara, came down to earth, to the
land of Izumo, where he encountered an elderly couple named Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, both children of the mountain god
Ōyamatsumi. They told him of a monstrous creature from the nearby land of
Koshi known as the
Yamata no Orochi ("eight-forked serpent") that had devoured seven of their eight daughters. Upon hearing this, Susanoo agreed to kill the serpent on condition that they give him their sole surviving daughter,
Kushinadahime, to be his wife.[11][12] After he was successful they became grandparents of
Yashimajinumi.[13] They were granted the title of Inada palace master.[14][15]
^Frédéric, L. (2005).
Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
ISBN978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
^Frédéric, L.; Louis-Frédéric; Roth, K. (2005).
Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
ISBN978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi are a pair of Japanese deities.[1] They are the parents of
Kushinadahime, the wife of
Susanoo-no-Mikoto.[2] The serpent killed their other 7 daughters.[3][4]
Their names mean foot stroking elder and hand stroking elder respectively.[5][6][7] They are considered
Kunitsukami.[5][4] They are the only two deities of the
Kojiki explicitly stated as elders.[8]
Ashinazuchi brought alcohol to
Susanoo in order to kill
Yamata no Orochi[9][4] alongside Tensazuchi.[4] Susanoo got the serpent drink with the alcohol and killed it for them.[10]
In the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki, the god
Susanoo, after his banishment from the heavenly realm
Takamagahara, came down to earth, to the
land of Izumo, where he encountered an elderly couple named Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi, both children of the mountain god
Ōyamatsumi. They told him of a monstrous creature from the nearby land of
Koshi known as the
Yamata no Orochi ("eight-forked serpent") that had devoured seven of their eight daughters. Upon hearing this, Susanoo agreed to kill the serpent on condition that they give him their sole surviving daughter,
Kushinadahime, to be his wife.[11][12] After he was successful they became grandparents of
Yashimajinumi.[13] They were granted the title of Inada palace master.[14][15]
^Frédéric, L. (2005).
Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
ISBN978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
^Frédéric, L.; Louis-Frédéric; Roth, K. (2005).
Japan Encyclopedia. Harvard University Press reference library. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.
ISBN978-0-674-01753-5. Retrieved 2020-11-21.