Kushiinadamityomanurahime - Kushiinadamityomanurahime

…She was about to be sacrificed to a giant snake that comes every year to eat girls (= rice fields), but was saved by Susanoo who transformed her into a comb, and later became the wife of Susanoo, who established the Suga Palace in Izumo. Kushiinadamitomomanurahime, who appears in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki, is also thought to be an incarnation of rice fields. [Keihachi Sakashita]…

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kushiinatamiyatomanurahime" are listed below.

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…年ごとにやってきて娘(＝稲田)を食う大蛇の犠牲となろうとしたところを，素戔嗚（すさのお）尊によって櫛に変身させられて救われ，のち出雲の須賀の宮を定めたスサノオの妻となる。《出雲国風土記》に見える久志伊奈太美等与麻奴良比売（くしいなだみとよまぬらひめ）も同じく稲田の化身と考えられる。【阪下 圭八】。…

※「久志伊奈太美等与麻奴良比売」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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