まあちゃまの今語り

今日も忙しいちゃぽちゃん

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The Victory of the Sumera-mikoto over Yaso-takeru

On the first of October in this winter, the Sumera-mikoto took the sacred offerings and went to war with well-regulated fighting forces. Firstly, they fought against Yaso-takeru who set up a camp on the hill of Kunimi and gained a victory over him. At this moment, the Sumera-mikoto had felt an assurance of victory.

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Iwai-no-ushi

Then, the Sumera-mikoto, regarding himself as Tkakamimusuhi-no-mikoto, compared Michi-no-omi to Iwai-no-ushi, who would have been a divine female like a shrine maiden, and named him Itu-hime. Furthermore, the Sumera-mikoto named earthy wares Itu-he, fire Itu-no-kagututi, water Itu-no-mituha-no-me, food Itu-no-uka-no-me, kindling Itu-no-yamatuti and grass Itu-no-nozuchi.

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The Sumera-mikoto and Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto

In the following sentence, we can find a curious description that the Sumera-mikoto tried to receive the spirit of Takamimusuhi-no-mikoto who enumerated as the second deity appearing in the world in the Kojiki, the forth deity in the subsidiary text of the Chronicle of Japan and was referred as a grandfather of Ninigi-no-mikoto in the maternal line in the main text of it.

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忙しいちゃぽちゃん

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The Origin of the Bottle for Sacred Sake for Religious Service

Accepting this information, the Sumera-mikoto was pleased with it so much that he uprooted much of sakaki, a kind of Cleyra, which were growing the upper part of the Niu-river and held a ritual for deities. Until then, one has come to prepare the bottle for sacred sake for religious service.

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Accomplishment of the Purpose of the Sumera-mikoto

Then, the spout of the bottle for sacred sake was turned upside down in the river. For some time, all of fishes were rising to the surface and moving their mouths. Observing these signs, Shiine-tu-hiko informed it the Sumera-mikoto imediately.

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きょうはちゃぽちゃんのバースデー

「うわ～い！！　きょうは、ちゃぽのバースデーなんだ！！！　ちゃぽ、うれしいなあ！！」

The Ritural by the Sumera-mikoto at the Riverbank

Furthermore, the Sumera-mikoto tried to divine and said, “I will sink a bottle for sacred sake to the bottom of the Niu-river now. If large and small fishes flow out drunkenly as though leave of Maki float and flow, I will certainly suppress this nation. Otherwise, I will fail to achieve it.” The Sumera-mikoto sank it into the bottom of the river.

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The Fortune-telling of the Sumera-mikoto

On the surface of Asa-hara of the Uda-river, there were bubbles drifted. Looking at them, the Sumera-mikoto tried to divine the will of deities and said, “I will make much of millet jelly on saucers without water. If it realize, I will suppress this nation not by means of the sword, but of being.” Actually, the Sumera-mikoto started the millet jelly making without water and succeeded it easily.