Michinonagachiha
Michinonagachiha
Michinonagachiha (道之長乳歯神 – Long Winding Way Stones) was the second of 12Shintokami born fromIzanagi removing items from his body after wanting to wash and cleanse himself after visitingYomi. Thiskami was formed from his Sash. He is known as a travelkami. This is related in theKojiki.1
TheNihongi calls thiskamiNagachiha and states they were the second of five born from the clothes of Izanagi.2
Footnotes
1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
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