not sure what to put for eika. "水蛭子" has 水 from 水子 (what she is) but its mixed with 蛭子 (Ebisu's name before he was called Ebisu). 戎 is just Ebisu.

It would be really helpful if someone translated this, since not everyone can read japanese.

S_DAMOS said:

It would be really helpful if someone translated this, since not everyone can read japanese.

It's already been translated

takamagahara said:

not sure what to put for eika. "水蛭子" has 水 from 水子 (what she is) but its mixed with 蛭子 (Ebisu's name before he was called Ebisu). 戎 is just Ebisu.

According to English and Japanese Wikipedia (correct me if I'm wrong), Ebisu was first in part of the sequence of Izanagi and Izanami giving birth to islands which will eventually make up Japan. However, during their first try of baby making, Izanami, the female goddess called out to Izanagi, the male god, first. As a result, their first baby, Hiruko, was said to be deformed with limbs look like leeches, hence where the name Hiruko comes from.
Hiruko was then later drifted away in a reed boat. Also, Hiruko was not counted as one of the islands that make up Japan.
As a result of this legend, Hiruko/Ebisu is worshipped for comforting the spirits of stillborn children or fetuses.
Since Ebisu was also famous for legends about drifting in seas, people started to confuse, later merging tales of Ebisu with Hiruko.

P.S. Haniyasushin was born from Izanami's feces when giving birth to the god of fire.

blindVigil said:

It's already been translated

link to translated version?

S_DAMOS said:

link to translated version?

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MattC416811 said:

According to English and Japanese Wikipedia (correct me if I'm wrong), Ebisu was first in part of the sequence of Izanagi and Izanami giving birth to islands which will eventually make up Japan. However, during their first try of baby making, Izanami, the female goddess called out to Izanagi, the male god, first. As a result, their first baby, Hiruko, was said to be deformed with limbs look like leeches, hence where the name Hiruko comes from.
Hiruko was then later drifted away in a reed boat. Also, Hiruko was not counted as one of the islands that make up Japan.
As a result of this legend, Hiruko/Ebisu is worshipped for comforting the spirits of stillborn children or fetuses.
Since Ebisu was also famous for legends about drifting in seas, people started to confuse, later merging tales of Ebisu with Hiruko.

P.S. Haniyasushin was born from Izanami's feces when giving birth to the god of fire.

interesting that this artist used the kanji that spell "kagu" in kagutsuchi to spell kaguya

I remember there being a massive version of this (in black & white) with basically everything touhou covers in the japanese mythology/folk
But I could never find a traslated version

takamagahara said:

interesting that this artist used the kanji that spell "kagu" in kagutsuchi to spell kaguya

He is referring to the possibility of Kaguya being Kaguya-hime-no-Mikoto, one of possible basis for the legend Kaguya-hime, which regarded the love story between her and her husband, Emperor Suinin.
In ancient Japan, Most royal family are referred with a ~mikoto suffix, with their name usually pronounced directly from the kanji. In this case, 迦(か)具(ぐ)夜(や) means Kaguya herself, 比(ひ)売(め) means female, 命(まこと) means royal status. Cumulatively, "Kaguya-hime-no-Mikoto" basically means "Princess/Queen Kaguya, Her highness".

P.S. Kaguya-hime-no-Mikoto's father is Prince Ootsutsukitarine, hence where the Naruto reference of Ōtsutsuki Kaguya came from.