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Japanese mythical couple
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]
They are enshrined in
Hikawa Shrine, Saitama representing love as a married couple alongside
Kushinadahime and
Susanoo .
[16]
Family tree
Pink is female.
Blue is male.
Grey means other or unknown.
Clans, families, people groups are in green.
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