Mikafutsu-no-Kami

Mikafutsu-no-Kami is listed in the Kokugakuin University Classical Cultural Studies Project deity-name database. The source attestation is the Jimmu eastern campaign passage on Takakuraji of Kumano in Kojiki (712 CE) Middle Volume, where the sacred sword brought to Emperor Jimmu by Takakuraji is named "Saji-Futsu-no-Kami, also called Mika-Futsu-no-Kami, also called Futsu-no-Mitama." The name Mikafutsu denotes the great cleaving power, and the deity is the deified spirit of the sword that revived the army at Kumano. The database preserves the entry with its scene reference. IZANORA registers it as a node and draws relations only from the cited source.