Note 6 — Chapter XX · The Dragon-Slayer and His Rival
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Then his mother wept and lamented, and ascending to heaven, appealed to Kami-musu-bi-no-kami (Divine-Producing Wondrous-Deity), one of the elder gods,6 who sent Kisa-gahi-hime (Princess Cockle-Shell)7 and Umugi-hime (Princess Clam)8 to restore the dead deity to life. Kisa-gahi-hime “triturated and scorched her shell”, and Umugi-hime “carried water and smeared him as with mother’s milk”.9 Thereupon Ohonamochi came to life as a beautiful young man and walked again.