his bow and arrow. The arrow flew up to Takamagahara, but was then promptly thrown back to earth; it struck Ame-no-Wakahiko in the chest while he was asleep, killing him instantly. During Ame-no-Wakahiko's funeral, Shitateruhime's brother Ajisukitakahikone, a close friend of Ame-no-Wakahiko, arrived to pay his condolences. As he closely resembled Ame-no-Wakahiko in appearance, the family of the deceased mistook him for Ame-no-Wakahiko come back to life. Offended at being mistaken for his friend (as corpses were regarded as unclean, to be compared with or mistaken for a dead person was seen as an insult), Ajisukitakahikone in anger drew his ten-span sword, hacked to pieces the funeral hut (喪屋 moya) where Ame-no-Wakahiko's corpse was laid and the funeral held, and then kicked it away. The ruined hut landed in the land of Mino and became a mountain called Moyama (喪山, lit. 'mourning mountain'). Ajishikitakahikone, still fuming, then flew off, the radiance that exuded from him being such that it illuminated the space of two hills and two valleys. Shitateruhime, wishing to reveal to the mourners her brother's identity, then composed the following song in his honor: {| ! Man'yōgana (Kojiki)|| || Japanese|| || Old Japanese || || Modern Japanese (Rōmaji) || || Translated by Donald Philippi |- | 阿米那流夜淤登多那婆多能宇那賀世流多麻能美須麻流美須麻流能阿那陀麻波夜美多邇布多和多良須阿治志貴多迦比古泥能迦微曾 | | | | Ame2 naru yaOto2-tanabata no2unagaserutama no2 misumarumisumaru nianadama pa yami1taniputa watarasuAdisiki2Takapi1ko1ne no2 Kami2 so2 | | Ame naru yaOto-tanabata nounagaserutama no misumarumisumaru nianadama ha yamitanifuta watarasuAjishikiTakahikone noKami zo | | Ah, the large jewel Strung on the cord of beads Worn around the neck Of the heavenly Young weaving maiden! Like this is he Who crosses Two valleys at once, The god Ajishiki- Takahikone! |} Notes References See also Ōkuninushi Takemikazuchi Ame-no-wakahiko Japanese gods Thunder gods Shinto kami