Nesaku
- Affiliation: Shinto
- Kami of:
- Family: Kagutsuchi (father) Iwasaku (brother) Iwatsutsunoo (brother)
Nesaku
Nesaku (根折神 – Root Splitter) is a Shinto kami and the second of three born from the blood of Kagutsuchi after he was beheaded by the sword Itsunoohabari owned by Izanagi.
The blood, caught upon the swords tip dripped down onto hallowed boulders forming this kami. This is related in the kojiki and nihongi.12
Footnotes
1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
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