{"id":29,"date":"2021-01-05T16:48:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T07:48:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/en\/%e5%87%ba%e9%9b%b2%e7%a5%9e%e8%a9%b1%e3%81%a8%e9%9b%b2%e5%8d%97.html"},"modified":"2021-03-31T17:42:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T08:42:01","slug":"shinwa-unnan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/en\/shinwa-unnan.html","title":{"rendered":"Izumo Mythology and Unnan Area"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homeland to Izumo Mythology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Izumo region, a homeland to mythology associated with the creation of Japan, has long been sanctified since ancient times. Many sites, customs, and folklore, in association with mythology, remain in this region. A number of tales are set in Izumo and have been recorded in the oldest Japanese chronicles, \u2018Kojiki\u2019 and \u2018Fudoki.\u2019 Unnan City, located at the southern edge of the Izumo region, has several sites relating to the tales of impetuous god Susanoo-no-Mikoto, in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-snow-monkey-blocks-media-text smb-media-text\"><div class=\"c-row c-row--margin c-row--reverse c-row--top\"><div class=\"c-row__col c-row__col--1-1 c-row__col--lg-1-2\"><h2 class=\"smb-media-text__title\">The Tales of Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Yamata-no-Orochi<\/h2><div class=\"smb-media-text__body\">\n<p>Susanoo-no-Mikoto is the younger brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu and is believed to be born from his father god, the Creator Izanagi\u2019s nose when Izanagi was performing ablution. Okuizumo region was the first site where Susanoo landed after his descent from the heaven, Takaamahara. The tales of Yamata-no-Orochi, the eight-headed and eight-tailed serpent, are the mythology of Susanoo, who defeated the monster who was terrorizing the area.<br>The legend goes that an iron sword called Ameno-Murakumo-no-Tsurughi, one of the Three Imperial Treasures today, was discovered in the tail of the serpent by Susanoo.<br>The tales of Susanoo are often interpreted as a story of Tatara ironmaking. Hii River experienced frequent floods and the people who lived in the downstream basin suffered. The floods were due to unwanted sand washed down from the upstream by Kanna-nagashi that was deposited onto the riverbed and made the river shallower. The story had been a source of inspiration and played in Kagura, a traditional sacred dance performance, since the Edo period.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"c-row__col c-row__col--1-1 c-row__col--lg-1-2\"><div class=\"smb-media-text__figure\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/images\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/img_course_01-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"wp-image-90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/images\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/img_course_01-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/images\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/img_course_01-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/images\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/img_course_01-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/images\/sites\/2\/2021\/01\/img_course_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"smb-media-text__caption\">Izumo style Kagura \u2018Yamata-no-Orochi.\u2019<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-snow-monkey-blocks-buttons smb-buttons has-text-align-center\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-snow-monkey-blocks-btn aligncenter smb-btn-wrapper smb-btn-wrapper--little-wider\"><a class=\"smb-btn smb-btn--little-wider\" href=\"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/en\/midokoro-taiken\/shinwa-yukari.html\" style=\"border-radius:47px\"><span class=\"smb-btn__label\">Click here for more information on what to see &amp; explore<i class=\"fas fa-chevron-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland to Izumo Mythology Izumo region, a homeland to mythology associated with the creation of Japan, has long been sanctified since ancient times. Many sites, customs, and folklore, in association with mythology, remain in this region. A number of tales are set in Izumo and have been recorded in the oldest Japanese chronicles, \u2018Kojiki\u2019 and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/one-column.php","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","wp-seo-meta-description":"","wp-seo-meta-robots":[]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Izumo Mythology and Unnan Area - Unnan City: The Holy Ground of TATARA Ironworks and Izumo Mythology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/unnan-tatara.jp\/en\/shinwa-unnan.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Izumo Mythology and Unnan Area - Unnan City: The Holy Ground of TATARA Ironworks and Izumo Mythology\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Homeland to Izumo Mythology Izumo region, a homeland to mythology associated with the creation of Japan, has long been sanctified since ancient times. 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