Birth Cave - Ubutate no Iwaya

Japanese: 産立の窟 - うぶたてのいわや
Birth Cave - Ubutate no Iwaya

…Caves are ambiguous places where images of life and death intersect. The Nihon Shoki states that Izanami-no-Mikoto was buried in the Flower Cave in Arima Village, Kumano, which is also commonly called the Birth Cave. Caves were considered to be the starting point to the underworld, the land of the dead, as well as the source of fertility and the womb. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Sanritsu-no-kura" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…洞窟は生と死のイメージが交錯する両義的な場所である。《日本書紀》では,伊弉冉(いざなみ)尊を熊野の有馬村の〈花の窟(いわや)〉に葬るとあるが,ここは俗に〈産立(うぶたて)の窟〉とも呼ばれる。洞窟は,地下世界,死者の国への出発点であると同時に,豊饒(ほうじよう)の根源,母胎とも観念されていた。…

※「産立の窟」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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