Pledge of Sake - Ukeizake

Japanese: 誓酒 - うけいざけ
Pledge of Sake - Ukeizake

…In the Kojiki and Nihon shoki myths, the act of Amaterasu Omikami and Susanoo no Mikoto trying to have children with each other to obtain divine judgment is called "ukei." There are various methods, such as ukei-gari (praying hunt), ukei-yu (vowing to take a bath in a sacred bath), and ukei-zake (vowing to drink sake), and it seems that ukei-yu was used as a method of judgment in litigation. However, after the Heian period, "ukei" came to mean exclusively a personal act of cursing others. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…記紀神話には天照大神(あまてらすおおかみ)と素戔嗚尊(すさのおのみこと)がたがいに子を成して神判を得ようとする行為が〈うけい〉と呼ばれている。なお祈狩(うけいがり),誓湯(うけいゆ)(盟神探湯(くかたち)),誓酒(うけいざけ)などさまざまな方法があり,誓湯などは訴訟事項に対する判決法として用いられていたらしい。しかし平安時代以降になると〈うけい〉はもっぱら他への個人的な呪詛行為を意味するようになった。…

※「誓酒」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。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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