Susanoo no mikoto, Endemics, Epidemics, and Pandemics

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2022-02

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Ohio State University. Libraries

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Susanoo no mikoto スサノオノミコトis the most paradoxical, mysterious, dramatic, and widely worshipped of Izumo's deities. The aim of this paper is to elucidate the nature of Susanoo no mikoto in the Izumo region and to demonstrate how worship of him spread throughout the archipelago. It will argue that the representation of Susanoo no mikoto in the Kojiki (712) and Nihon shoki (720) bears little resemblance to the local portrayal of the god in the Izumo no kuni fudoki (733), and it will show that a key to understanding the deity is his relation to endemics, epidemics and pandemics.

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Susanoo, Izumo, endemic, epidemic, pandemic, ekijin

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Torrance, Richard. "Susanoo no mikoto, Endemics, Epidemics, and Pandemics." Buckeye East Asia: Occasional Papers, vol. 1 (February 2022), p. 110-120.