Legs and hands - Ashinazuchitenazuchi

Japanese: 脚摩乳･手摩乳 - あしなずちてなずち

A husband and wife deity who appear in the story of Susanoo-no-Mikoto's slaying of the giant snake in the mythology of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. They are said to be the children of Oyamatsumi-no-Kami. They were the parents of Kushinada-hime, who was about to be sacrificed to the giant snake. They were probably named to show their affection for the girl's limbs. Kushinada-hime, who was left alone after her eight daughters were eaten by the snake every year, was saved by the power of Susanoo. When Susanoo married Kushinada-hime, he gave the two deities the name Inada-no-Miyanushi-Suga-no-Yatsumimi-no-Kami.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

記紀の神話に素戔嗚尊（すさのおのみこと）の大蛇退治譚に出てくる夫婦の神。大山祇神（おおやまつみのかみ）の子とされる。大蛇の犠牲に供されようとした奇稲田姫（くしなだひめ）の父母。娘の手足をなでいつくしむ意味の命名であろう。8人の娘を毎年大蛇に食われひとり残ったクシナダヒメがスサノオの力で救われる。スサノオがクシナダヒメと結婚したさい，この2神に稲田宮主須賀之八耳神（いなだのみやぬしすがのやつみみのかみ）の名を授けたという。

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