Section XI.—Investiture of the Three Deities; The Illustrious August Children
Section XI.—Investiture of the Three Deities; The Illustrious August Children
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Section XI.—Investiture of the Three Deities; The Illustrious August Children

[SECT. XI.—INVESTITURE OF THE THREE DEITIES; THE ILLUSTRIOUS AUGUST CHILDREN.]

At this time His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites greatly rejoiced, saying; "I, begetting child after child, have at my final begetting gotten. three illustrious children," [with which words,] at once jinglingly taking off and shaking the jewel-string 1 forming his august necklace, he bestowed it on the Heaven-Shining-Great-August-Deity, saying: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Plain-of-High-Heaven." With this charge he bestowed it on her. Now the name of this august necklace was the August-Store-house-Shelf-Deity. 2 Next he said of His Augustness Moon-Night-Possessor: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Dominion of the "Night." 3 Thus he charged him. Next he said to His-Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Sea-Plain." 4

Footnotes
  1. 50:1

    p. 50 I.e., "the string of jewels." For these so-called "jewels" see Introduction, p. xxxi.

  2. 50:2

    Mi-kura-tana-no-kami. Motowori comments on this name by saying that the necklace was doubtless so precious, that it was carefully kept by the goddess on a shelf in her store-house.

  3. 50:3

    Yoru-no-wosu-kuni.

  4. 50:4

    Una-bara.

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