Sarutahiko
Japanese · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
He is the enormous red-faced, long-nosed figure who leads a Japanese festival procession, and the resemblance of that mask to the tengu's is not a coincidence anyone has fully explained. Structurally he is a boundary-god: the one who is already standing at the junction when the newcomers arrive, who is asked who he is, and who then guides them in. The registry held the woman who asked the question and not the man who answered.
Domains
- crossroads
- martial arts
Relations
- consort of: Ame-no-UzumeWritten one way because the existing Ame-no-Uzume record cannot be given a reciprocal from here.Reference treatment of Ame-no-Uzume as the wife of Sarutahiko. (secondary)
Sources
- Sarutahiko is the Japanese kami of the crossroads between earth and heaven, guardian of the martial arts, courage and justice, and the husband of Ame-no-Uzume.: Reference treatments of Sarutahiko and of Ame-no-Uzume. (secondary)