Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi

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Ashinazuchi ( Japanese ア シ ナ ヅ チ ; Kojiki : 足 名 椎 命 ; Nihonshoki : 脚 摩 乳 ; Karl Florence translates as “foot-caressing age”) and Tenazuchi ( テ ナ ヅ チ ; Kojiki: 手 名 椎 命 ; Karl Florence . 摩oki : Nihonshoki: translated as "hand-caressing old woman") are in the mythology of Shinto the parents of the first wife of the Kami Susanoo , Kushinadahime . Ashinazuchi introduces himself to Susanoo as an earthly Kami ( kuni-tsu-kami ) and son of Ōyamatsumi in the old imperial myths .

After Susanoo had saved her daughter from the giant snake Yamata no Orochi , Susanoo built the palace at Suga for herself and Kushinadahime. After completion, Susanoo called Ashinazuchi, made him head ( obito ) of the palace and gave him the name and title Inada no Miya-nushi Suga no Ya-tsu-mimi no Kami ( 稲 田 宮主 須 賀 之 八 耳 神 , “Lord of the palace of Inada, eight-eared deity of Suga ”). Since "palace" can also be read here as " shrine ", Ashinazuchi is often interpreted as the priest of the shrine of Susanoo.

The main shrine for Kushinadahime and her parents is the esoteric Ōmiya Hikawa shrine in Saitama , although its main kami is Susanoo and the princess and Ōkuninushi only reside as guest kami ( aidono-no-kami ).

The couple only played an essential role in Shinto after the Meiji Restoration . In the course of shinbutsu bunri they broke (along with Japanese culture hero) who often justified even in Buddhist ideas guardian deities to the zuijinmon ( 随神門 ) gates of Shinto shrines called off.

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