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Atsuta Jingu Shrine (熱田神宮）



(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 realized that it was a sword. As a proof that he won the battle, he gave the sword to his big sister Amaterasu. Since then, the sword had been one of the great treasures in the divine world.

Yamato Takeru had several battles versus local clans in the east, who were against the imperial court and defeated them down. However, he went in a grass field on his journey and got trapped by the hostile group; He was kept alone in the grass and enemies approached to kill him but he cut away the grass by the sacred sword and lit the fire with lighter stone in the pouch he got from his aunt. 

After he completely won battles in the east, he decided to go home. On his way back, he got married with a lady in the current Nagoya area. Then, he went to a mountain to defeat a local god in the mountain but he left the sword in the house where he had lived with his bride since he was confident that we could defeat the god by his own hands.

Eventually, Yamato Takeru was cursed by the god and passed away. Upon his death, his wife found a suitable place and enshrined the sword; this is the origin of Atsuta Jingu Shrine.

When the Emperor of Japan took over the crown from its former, they also needed to inherit the three imperial treasures; Imperial Regalia of Japan comprised of Mirror, Jewel and Sword. The three items represent importan virtues as Japanese as the Sword represents valor, the mirror is wisdom and the jewel means benevolence.  The Mirror is enshrined in the Ise Grand Shrine and the Jewel is preserved in the imperial palace and the Sword is Atsuta's sword. Therefore, although the Sword itself is an enshrined object in Atsuta Jingu Shrine, it also belongs to the imperial family. For your reference, The Mirror and the Jewel were used to allure the sun goddess out of the cave when she hid herself and the world was full of darkness in the myth I explained in " Nichizen-Gu Shrine" in my previous article.    .





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場所: 日本, 愛知県名古屋市熱田区神宮

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