Editing Amaterasu (section)

====Empress Jingū and Amaterasu's ''aramitama''====
[[File:Hirota-jinja, haiden-2-2.jpg|thumb|left|[[Hirota Shrine]] in [[Nishinomiya, Hyōgo|Nishinomiya]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]], where Amaterasu's ''aramitama'' is enshrined]]
At one time, when [[Emperor Chūai]] was on a campaign against the [[Kumaso]] tribes of [[Kyushu]], his consort [[Empress Jingū|Jingū]] was possessed by unknown gods who told Chūai of a land rich in treasure located on the other side of the sea that is his for the taking. When Chūai doubted their words and accused them of being deceitful, the gods laid a curse upon him that he should die "without possessing this land." (The ''Kojiki'' and the ''Shoki'' diverge at this point: in the former, Chūai dies almost immediately after being cursed, while in the latter, he dies of a sudden illness a few months after.)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Philippi |first1=Donald L. |title=Kojiki |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1400878000 |pages=257–258}}</ref><ref>{{cite wikisource |author-first= William George |author-last= Aston |chapter= Book I |wslink= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |plaintitle= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |year= 1896 |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.|wspages=221-223}}</ref>

[[File:EmpressJinguInKorea.jpg|thumb|380px|[[Empress Jingū]]]]
After Chūai's death, Jingū performed divination to ascertain which gods had spoken to her husband. The deities identified themselves as Tsukisakaki Izu no Mitama Amazakaru Mukatsuhime no Mikoto ({{Lang|ja|撞賢木厳之御魂天疎向津媛命}}, 'The Awe-inspiring Spirit of the Planted ''[[Cleyera japonica|Sakaki]]'', the Lady of Sky-distant Mukatsu', usually interpreted as the ''[[Mitama|aramitama]]'' or 'violent spirit' of Amaterasu), Kotoshironushi, and the three gods of Sumie ([[Sumiyoshi taisha|Sumiyoshi]]): [[Sumiyoshi sanjin|Uwatsutsunoo, Nakatsutsunoo, and Sokotsutsunoo]].{{efn|The ''Kojiki''<nowiki/>'s account meanwhile identifies the gods as Amaterasu and the three Sumiyoshi deities.<ref name="Philippi259-263">{{cite book |last1=Philippi |first1=Donald L. |title=Kojiki |date=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1400878000 |pages=259–263}}</ref>}} Worshiping the gods in accordance with their instructions, Jingū then set out to conquer the promised land beyond the sea: the [[three kingdoms of Korea]].<ref name="Philippi259-263"/><ref>{{cite wikisource |author-first= William George |author-last= Aston |chapter= Book I |wslink= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |plaintitle= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |year= 1896 |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.|wspages=224-227}}</ref>

When Jingū returned victorious to Japan, she enshrined the deities in places of their own choosing; Amaterasu, warning Jingū not to take her {{Lang|ja-latn|aramitama}} along to the capital, instructed her to install it in [[Hirota Shrine|Hirota]], the harbor where the empress disembarked.<ref>{{cite wikisource |author-first= William George |author-last= Aston |chapter= Book I |wslink= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |plaintitle= Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697 |year= 1896 |publisher= Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co.|wspages=237-238}}</ref>