Editing Susanoo-no-Mikoto (section)

=== The palace of Suga ===
After slaying the Yamata no Orochi, Susanoo looked for a suitable place in Izumo to live in. Upon arriving at a place called Suga (須賀 / 清), he declared, "Coming to this place, my heart is refreshed (''sugasugashi'')." He then erected a palace there and made [[Waka (poetry)|a song]]:

{{blockquote|[[Man'yogana]] (''Kojiki''): 夜久毛多都　伊豆毛夜幣賀岐　都麻碁微爾　夜幣賀岐都久流　曾能夜幣賀岐袁<br />
[[Old Japanese]]: yakumo<sub>1</sub> tatu / idumo<sub>1</sub> yape<sub>1</sub>gaki<sub>1</sub> / tumago<sub>2</sub>mi<sub>2</sub> ni / yape<sub>1</sub>gaki<sub>1</sub> tukuru / so<sub>2</sub>no<sub>2</sub> yape<sub>1</sub>gaki<sub>1</sub> wo<br />
[[Modern Japanese]]: yakumo tatsu / izumo yaegaki / tsumagomi ni / yaegaki tsukuru / sono yaegaki o<br />}}

[[Don Philippi|Donald L. Philippi]] (1968) translates the song into English thus:

{{blockquote|The many-fenced palace of I<small>DUMO</small><br />
Of the many clouds rising—<br />
To dwell there with my spouse<br />
Do I build a many-fenced palace:<br />
Ah, that many-fenced palace!<ref>{{cite book |last1=Philippi |first1=Donald L. |title=Kojiki |year=2015 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-7800-0 |page=91}}</ref>}}

The ''Kojiki'' adds that Susanoo appointed Kushinadahime's father Ashinazuchi to be the headman of his new dwelling, bestowing upon him the name Inada-no-Miyanushi-Suga-no-Yatsumimi-no-Kami (稲田宮主須賀之八耳神, 'Master of the Palace of Inada, the Eight-Eared Deity of Suga'). With his new wife Kushinadahime, Susanoo had a child named Yashimajinumi-no-Kami (八島士奴美神). He then took another wife named Kamu-Ōichihime (神大市比売), the daughter of [[Ōyamatsumi]], the god of mountains, and had two children by her: [[Toshigami|Ōtoshi-no-Kami]] (大年神), the god of the harvest, and [[Ukanomitama]]-no-Kami (宇迦之御魂神), the god of agriculture.<ref>Chamberlain (1882). [http://sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj026.htm Section XIX.—The Palace of Suga.]</ref><ref>Chamberlain (1882). [http://sacred-texts.com/shi/kj/kj027.htm Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-of-the-Great-Land.]</ref>

The ''Shoki''<nowiki/>'s main narrative is roughly similar: Susanoo appoints Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi to be the keepers of his palace and gives them the title Inada-no-Miyanushi. The child born to Susanoo and Kushiinadahime in this version is identified as Ōnamuchi-no-Kami (大己貴神, the ''Kojiki''<nowiki/>'s [[Ōkuninushi]]).<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.|wspage=54}}</ref>

After having thus lived for a time in Izumo, Susanoo at length finally found his way to Ne-no-Kuni.