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(Continued from my previous article " Takebe Taisha Shrine ".) When Yamato Takeru headed in the east, he dropped by Ise Grand Shrine (Refer to " Rice and religion " and "  Nichizen-Gu Shrine ") where his aunt, Yamato hime, lived as a special maiden. He was deeply sad since his father did not allow him to rest in his home by telling him to go in the east right after his great triumph in Kyushu. He told his aunt how depressed he was at his father's cruel treatment on him. Yamato Hime comforted and encouraged her nephew and gave him a sacred sword that had been enshrined in the grand shrine and she gave him a small pouch, too. The sword "Ameno Murakumo no Tsurugi" (A heavenly sword) was given to the supreme goddess Amaterasu by her youngest brother Susano-o after Susan-o defeated the evil eight-headed monster (Yamata-no-orochi). He killed the monster and found something in the monster's tail. He pulled it out from the tail and ...