Futsunushi
Japanese · deity · kamiyo · deity
The pairing with Kashima is not mythological decoration but military geography: two shrines on the frontier of the Yamato state's push east, whose gods are the two sent in the myth to take a province off its owner by demand. A story about legitimate transfer told by the shrines of the garrison.
Domains
- swords
- warfare
Relations
- companion: Takemikazuchi
Sources
- Reference treatment of the kuni-yuzuri and its two messengers.