is a sword of Japanese legend and in Shinto. He appears in the Kojiki first as a sword wielded by Izanagi to kill his offspring Kagu-tsuchi—giving birth to several other such as Takemikazuchi—and later as a nominated by Omoikane to descend from Takamagahara to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni, though his son Takemikazuchi is eventually sent instead. While Motoori Norinaga's annotation of the Kojiki states the is the spirit of the sword, Basil Hall Chamberlain notes in his translation that there is nothing in the text warranting this interpretation.
When he first appears as the sword, he is referred to as , then when he later appears as a , with the alternate name of given at the same time.
See also Ame-no-Nuboko
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