Uchiha Samater
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Let me introduce you the Imperial Regalia of Japan :
Sword Known as Kusanagi (草薙), the “grass-cutting sword.” It used to go by the much more awesome name Ame no Murakumo (天叢雲), or “Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven,” but for some reason a lawnmower sounded more appealing.
Jewel The “large jewel,” or Yasakani (八尺瓊曲玉), is a distinctly Japanese design. It’s what’s known as a magatama, a comma-shaped bead. It’s also supposedly the only piece of original regalia; the other two are replicas.
Mirror The piece of Imperial Regalia with the most boring name, the Yata (八咫), or “Eight Hand Mirror,” makes up for its boring name with a badass backstory. The original mirror is thought to have been destroyed almost 1,000 years ago, but rebuilt from its ashes into the current one.
Now, treasured weapons/artifacts belonging to a Royal Dynasty isn't that unusual even in today's day and age.
What sets the Japanese Imperial Regalia apart is that they’re are part of a well known myth:
According to the Kojiki, the Japanese creation myth, Susanoo is the god of storms and seas. After winning a competition against his sister, the sun goddess Amaterasu, he goes on a rampage.
Susanoo is thus banished from heaven.
While on earth he comes across an old man on his way to sacrifice his daughter to an evil eight headed snake named Orochi in order to save himself. Susanoo, in his usual confident manner offers to take the girl, and kill the snake himself.
He defeats the snake Orochi, only after getting the snake drunk first and hacking away at it.
Once he opens up the corpse he discovers a sword inside , which later comes to be known as the Kusanagi.
Susanoo, then brings the sword to his sister to make amends and offers her the blade.
Amaterasu later bequeathed it to one of her descendants, the first emperor of Japan.
That’s right, the imperial family of Japan are supposed to be descendants of the sun goddess, a belief generally upheld until modern times. And by modern, I mean about the end of WWII.
Most people speculate that they rest in Shinto holy sites like the Ise Grand and Atsuta shrines, and possibly the Imperial Palace, but it’s impossible to get any sort of confirmation from the select few who have actually seen them.
It’s doubtful that the secrets of the Imperial Regalia will ever be fully unraveled. After all, the Japanese Imperial Family isn’t going away anytime soon, which means that the organization built around the Imperial Regalia is here to stay.
I hope you enjoyed
Let me introduce you the Imperial Regalia of Japan :
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Sword Known as Kusanagi (草薙), the “grass-cutting sword.” It used to go by the much more awesome name Ame no Murakumo (天叢雲), or “Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven,” but for some reason a lawnmower sounded more appealing.
Jewel The “large jewel,” or Yasakani (八尺瓊曲玉), is a distinctly Japanese design. It’s what’s known as a magatama, a comma-shaped bead. It’s also supposedly the only piece of original regalia; the other two are replicas.
Mirror The piece of Imperial Regalia with the most boring name, the Yata (八咫), or “Eight Hand Mirror,” makes up for its boring name with a badass backstory. The original mirror is thought to have been destroyed almost 1,000 years ago, but rebuilt from its ashes into the current one.
Now, treasured weapons/artifacts belonging to a Royal Dynasty isn't that unusual even in today's day and age.
What sets the Japanese Imperial Regalia apart is that they’re are part of a well known myth:
According to the Kojiki, the Japanese creation myth, Susanoo is the god of storms and seas. After winning a competition against his sister, the sun goddess Amaterasu, he goes on a rampage.
Susanoo is thus banished from heaven.
While on earth he comes across an old man on his way to sacrifice his daughter to an evil eight headed snake named Orochi in order to save himself. Susanoo, in his usual confident manner offers to take the girl, and kill the snake himself.
He defeats the snake Orochi, only after getting the snake drunk first and hacking away at it.
Once he opens up the corpse he discovers a sword inside , which later comes to be known as the Kusanagi.
Susanoo, then brings the sword to his sister to make amends and offers her the blade.
Amaterasu later bequeathed it to one of her descendants, the first emperor of Japan.
That’s right, the imperial family of Japan are supposed to be descendants of the sun goddess, a belief generally upheld until modern times. And by modern, I mean about the end of WWII.
Most people speculate that they rest in Shinto holy sites like the Ise Grand and Atsuta shrines, and possibly the Imperial Palace, but it’s impossible to get any sort of confirmation from the select few who have actually seen them.
It’s doubtful that the secrets of the Imperial Regalia will ever be fully unraveled. After all, the Japanese Imperial Family isn’t going away anytime soon, which means that the organization built around the Imperial Regalia is here to stay.
I hope you enjoyed
