They had eight daughters, but a great snake known as Yamatanoorochi (eight-headed serpent) came to their house every year to eat their daughters, and when Susano came to visit the two deities, the snake was about to come to eat Kushinadahime, who was their youngest and last remaining daughter. 8人の娘がいたが、毎年ヤマタノオロチがやって来て娘を食べてしまい、スサノオが二神の元にやって来た時には、最後に残った末娘のクシナダヒメを食いにオロチがやって来る前だった。 |