Deity
Kushinada-hime
Kushinada-hime is a divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. She appears in the Kojiki Yamata-no-Orochi and Suga Palace narratives.
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Izumo princess from the Kojiki (712 CE); saved by Susanoo from Yamata-no-Orochi.
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Kushinada-hime (櫛名田比売) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll sections on the slaying of Yamata-no-Orochi and the Suga Palace. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. She is the daughter of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi of Izumo, saved from sacrifice to Yamata-no-Orochi by Susanoo. After the slaying, Susanoo built the palace at Suga in Izumo and made her his consort. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
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Sources
櫛名田比売 くしなだひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」櫛名田比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kushinadahime/クシナダヒメ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
櫛名田比売（クシナダヒメ）について、ヤマタノオロチ退治譚での身代わり・櫛化、スサノオとの婚姻、八重垣神社・氷川神社など主要祭祀地を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B7%E3%83%8A%E3%83%80%E3%83%92%E3%83%A1
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