Shiniki No Campiones Volume 3 Tour Guide

The Nation Birthing Husband and Wife

『When the country is still young and unhardened, floating on the sea like oil, and drifting like jellyfish──』

A pa.s.sage of the Records of Ancient Matters.

It was talked in j.a.pan mythology that two G.o.ds who were husband and wife, Izanagi and Izanami stirred up that grease-like thing to form the j.a.panese islands. Izanagi and Izanami first created Onogoro Island, then next was the islands of Awaji Island, Shikoku, Oki Island, Kyushu, Iki, Tsushima, and Daisho. Furthermore, the nation birthing husband and wife gave birth to their first child who was called 《Hiruko》.

However, because of a certain reason the child was set adrift to the sea.

Yomotsuhirasaka

The boundary of this world and that world.

In exchange of giving birth to the G.o.d of fire 《Hi no Kagutsuchi》, the nation birthing mother Izanami experienced an unforeseen death.

In order to take back his dead wife, the husband Izanagi headed to the realm of the dead.

The hill that he pa.s.sed at that time was 《Yomotsuhirasaka》.

But, even though he accomplished a reunion with his dead wife, Izanagi would return to this hill in a completely unexpected form…….

Descending to the realm of the dead

In order to revive a dead person, G.o.d or hero would descend to the realm of the dead or h.e.l.l.

This type of myth wasn’t few. Not only j.a.pan’s Izanagi no Mikoto, similar episodes existed throughout the world.

For example the G.o.ddess of ancient Sumeria Ishtar. She rescued her husband who was also her son Tammuz from the realm of the dead. In Norse mythology there was the G.o.d of light Baldr, whose little brother Hermod would descend to the realm of death chasing after him.

In Greek mythology there was the poet Orpheus. In addition, the hero Heracles actually was also someone who had experienced descending to the realm of the dead.

Yamato is a great and splendid land

『Yamato is a great and splendid land   on top of one another   blue fence   hidden by mountains   Yamato   resplendent』

(Yamato is a magnificent country. Many verdant and lush greeneries piled up on top of each other like a fence, surrounded by mountains, Yamato is beautiful) It was also a pa.s.sage in the Records of Ancient Matters.

When the hero Yamato Takeru was wounded in war and approaching his dewath in the mountain of Ise, he sang that verse while thinking of his birthplace.