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Volume I. Section Xi. Investiture

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"The Kojiki", translated by Basil Hall Chamberlain, [1919],

p. 50

[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

50:1
p. 50 "I.e.", "the string of jewels." For these so-called "jewels" see Introduction, p. xxxi.

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.

50:3
\"Yoru-no-wosu-kuni".

50:4 \"Una-bara."

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