Akagi Shrine

…The following story is told in the ancient legend of Nikko Futarasan Shrine. Nikko Gongen takes the form of a giant snake and always fought with Akagi Myojin over the ownership of the lake waters on the mountain, namely Lake Chuzenji, but Akagi Myojin was always defeated because he was a centipede. So he gave an arrow to Manji Manzaburo, a master hunter who lived at the foot of Nikko, and asked for his help. Manzaburo helped the god and shot both eyes of the giant centipede, the incarnation of Akagi Myojin, at Senjogahara, causing it to flee. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Akagi Myojin Shrine" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…日光二荒山神社の古伝に以下のような話がある。日光権現の姿は大蛇であって，つねに山上の湖水すなわち中禅寺湖の領有をめぐって赤城明神と争ったが，赤城明神はムカデであるためつねに敗れていた。そこで日光山ろくに住む狩りの名人万次万三郎に矢を与えて助力を依頼し，万三郎は神を助けて戦場ヶ原で赤城明神の化身である巨大なムカデの両眼を射てこれを敗走させた。…

※「赤城明神」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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