tailieunhanh - Handbook of Japanese Mythology phần 6

Tham khảo tài liệu 'handbook of japanese mythology phần 6', ngoại ngữ, nhật - pháp - hoa- others phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 182 Handbook of Japanese Mythology From their father s palace in Takachiho Jimmu Tenno he was named at the time Kamu-Yamatoihare-hiko-no-mikoto and his eldest brother traveled east to establish their peaceful governance over the land. The two brothers traveled leisurely eastward building palaces and staying in some places for several years at a time. At Hayasuhi Kamu-Yamatoihare-hiko-no-mikoto met an earthly kami that is not one of those who had descended from Takamagahara the heavenly realm with Ninigi-no-mikoto fishing from a tortoise s back. This deity Sawonetsuhiko agreed to act as guide on the sea lanes. At Shirakata the brothers were ambushed by a certain Nagasunehiko of Toumi. Kamu-Yamatoihare-hiko-no-mikoto s brother was wounded by an arrow and died later of the wound. At Kumano Kamu-Yamatoihare-hiko-no-mikoto and his troops fell asleep ensorcelled by the deities of Kumano in the shape of a bear. A person of Kumano called Takakuraji presented a sword to the sleeping hero and he and his troops promptly woke up and vanquished the unruly deities of Kumano. The sword had been sent on the orders of Amaterasu-õ-mikami by Takemikazuchi-no-kami and was named Futsu-no-Mitama. From Kumano the hero was guided by a giant crow sent by the heavenly deities meeting and accepting as his retainers many earthly deities. A man of Uda Yeukashi attempted to ambush the hero but was frustrated. Yeukashi then prepared a trap in the hall he built but his design was frustrated by his younger brother Otoukashi who disclosed the plot to Kamu-Yamatoihare-hiko-no-mikoto. Yeukashi was driven into his own trap and was killed. Subsequently in the process of pacification the eighty strong men of the pit dwelling of Osaka were killed at a feast. Finally the hero assumed his reign name Jimmu Tenno and built a palace at Kashihara in Yamato and ruled from there. The exploits of Jimmu Tenno with their detailed place names and the names of his supporters and opponents seem to be a mythical .