Heavenly Cloth Weaver - Amanohataorime

Japanese: 天の服織女 - あまのはたおりめ
Heavenly Cloth Weaver - Amanohataorime

…Susanoo threw a skinned horse from the roof of the weaving palace where Amaterasu was. According to the Kojiki, a heavenly weaver was so shocked by what she saw that she stabbed herself in the vagina with the shuttle (a tool used to thread the weft) she was holding, and died. The Nihon Shoki records that it was Amaterasu herself who was so shocked by the horse that she hurt herself with the shuttle. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Heavenly Weaver" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…スサノオはアマテラスがいた機織の御殿に,屋根から皮をはいだ馬を投げこんだ。すると《古事記》によれば,機織をしていた天の服織女(はたおりめ)が,それを見て驚愕のあまり,手に持っていた梭(ひ)(横糸を通す用具)で自分の女性器を突き刺し,死んでしまった。《日本書紀》には,突然投げこまれた馬を見てびっくりし,梭で自分の身体を傷つけたのはアマテラス自身だったと記されている。…

※「天の服織女」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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