オホナムチ神話の成立
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In Japanese mythology, (1) Why was the Province of Izumo (出雲) especially chosen to be the stage of the mythology ?, (2) Why was the god Ohnamuchi regarded to have united Ashihara no Nakatsu Kuni (葦原中国)? and (3) Why did the god of the Founder of the Imperial Family promise to hold the grandest rite for the god Ohnamuchi who was the leader of the hostile power ? These are the questions about the foundation of Ohnamuchi's myth. But they have remained unraveled so far in the study of Japanese mythology, I should think. As a means to answer these questions, some scholars have been studying the divinity of Ohnamuchi. And one of the widely hold opinions is that Ohnamuchi was an ancient monarch or a hero in the Province of Izumo. Indeed Ohnamuchi in the mythology is described as a person who traveled to and fro with a bag on his shoulder, making love to some ladies and writing love-songs. But on the other hand there is the myth of hrs being worshiped as the god of Kizuki (杵築).As for the latter story, it seems to me that in those days when the mythology took form there was no such custom in Japan as to worship a monarch or a hero as a god. Consequently I see a contradiction in regarding Ohnamuchi as a monarch and worshiping him as a god. And this gives rise to doubt that this myth might not be based on the ideas native to Japan. Thus this contradiction about the rite for Ohnamuchi has led me to the following supposition.... The Grand Shrines of Ise (伊勢) dedicated to Amaterasu the Sun Goddess, might be modeled after the "Tsung miao" (宗廟) sacred to the Emperor of China, while the Izumo Taisha dedicated to Ohnamuchi might be an imitation of the "She-chi" (社稷) of China.
- 1974-12-30