Note 9 — Chapter XIX · Rival Deities of Life and Death, Sunshine and Storm
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He went to bathe at a river mouth on a plain covered with bush-clover, beside a grove of orange trees confronting the sun. It is here, according to the Ko-ji-ki, that he flings down his staff and the various articles of clothing that are transformed into deities. Two evil deities were born from the filth of Hades that fell from his person when he entered the water. He dived, and three sea-gods came into being. He washed his left eye, and thus gave origin to the goddess of the sun, Ama-terâsu-oho-mi-kami (The Heaven-Shining-Great-August-Deity). He washed his right eye, and there came into being the god of the moon, Tsuki-yomi-no-kami (Moon-Night-Possessor). He washed his nose, and from it was born Take-haya-susa-no-wu-no-mikoto9 (His-Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness).