Saruohomi

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: agatanushi of Minuma.
  • Family: –
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Saruohomi

Saruohomi was the agatanushi of Minuma, seen during the reign of Emperor Keikō.

When the Emperor arrives in Yame, Tsukushi, he asks if any kami live here.

Saruohomi comes forth saying that the kami Yametsuhime lives here, and that the area got its name from them.¹

Footnotes

1. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.

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