The myth of the land-pulling

Japanese: 国引き神話 - くにびきしんわ
The myth of the land-pulling
This is the legend of the origin of the place name "Ou" that appears in the "Izumo no Kuni Fudoki" (Fudoki). The name comes from the story that a giant god drew other lands together to create the country. The god Yatsuka Mizuomitsuno said that the "Izumo no Kuni, where Yakumo stands, is still a small and young country, and that he would like to create and sew together this small initial land. He then tied ropes to each of the lands of Misaki in Silla, Saki in Kitado, Nunami in Kitado, and Misaki in Koshi, and drew them together to the country of Izumo.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
《出雲国風土記》(《風土記》)に見える〈意宇(おう)〉という地名の起源伝説。巨人の神が他の国土を引き寄せて国作りしたとの内容からこの名がある。八束水臣津野(やつかみずおみつの)命なる神が〈八雲立つ出雲の国〉はまだ狭く稚い国だ,この小さな最初の国土を作り縫おうといって,新羅の三埼(みさき),北門(きたど)の佐伎(さき)の国,北門の農波(ぬなみ)の国,越(こし)の都々(つつ)の三埼の諸方より,それぞれの土地に綱をかけて引き寄せ出雲の国に結びつけたと語られている。

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