Trial of Susanō-no-mikoto
Ōnamuchi-no-kami, running from the Yaso-gami, visited Susanō-no-mikoto's home in Nenokatasu-no-kuni. There he met Suseribime-no-mikoto, Susanō-no-mikoto's daughter, and the two fell in love with each other at their first sight. Suseribime-no-mikoto told Susanō-no-mikoto that a great god has come, introducing Ōnamuchi-no-kami, and Susanō-no-mikoto answered, that is a "Ashiharashikō".
Susanō-no-mikoto let Ōnamuchi-no-kami in his home, but told him to stay the night in a muroya full of snakes. Suseribime-no-mikoto gave Ōnamuchi-no-kami the 'hire of snakes', and told him to wave it three times if he is attacked by snakes. Ōnamuchi-no-kami did as he was told and was able topass the night safely.
The next day, Susanō-no-mikoto told Ōnamuchi-no-kami to stay in a room full of centipedes and bees, but once again Suseribime-no-mikoto gave Ōnamuchi-no-kami the 'hire of centipedes and bees' and was able to pass the night.
Then, Susanō-no-mikoto shot a narikabura into a field and ordered Ōnamuchi-no-kami to fetch it. As Ōnamuchi-no-kami got in the field, Susanō-no-mikoto set the field on fire. Ōnamuchi-no-kami, surrounded by flames, found a mouse. The mouse gave him a hint to find a hole in the ground, and he was able to hide in it until the fire went out. The mouse also brought him the narikabura, though the mouse's children ate the arrow's feathers.
Suseribime-no-mikoto was preparing for Ōnamuchi-no-kami's funeral, crying, and Susanō-no-mikoto also thought Ōnamuchi-no-kami had died too and went to see in the field. However, Ōnamuchi-no-kami showed up and gave him back the narikabura.
Susanō-no-mikoto let Ōnamuchi-no-kami in his house, took him to a large room and ordered him to pick the lice from his hair. However, what was in his hair were centipedes, so he chewed the nuts of muku and red clay, given to him by Suseribime-no-mikoto, and spit them out. Susanō-no-mikoto, misunderstanding that Ōnamuchi-no-kami was chewing the centipedes, thought that Ōnamuchi-no-kami was such an innocent man and fell asleep.
Ōnamuchi-no-kami thought that it was a good chance to get away, and tied Susanō-no-mikoto's hair to the tarukis in the room and blocked the door with a ihobiki-no-iwa. Then Ōnamuchi-no-kami stole Susanō-no-mikoto's Iku-tachi, Iku-yumi and Ame-no-norigoto, escaped carrying Suseribime-no-mikoto on his back. However, the Ame-no-norigoto brushed against a tree, making the earth to rumble, waking Susanō-no-mikoto up. Although Susanō-no-mikoto tore down the room, Ōnamuchi-no-kami was able to get away while Susanō-no-mikoto untied his hair.
Susanō-no-mikoto chased Ōnamuchi-no-kami to Yomotsu-hirasaka but stopped chasing there. Susanō-no-mikoto grudgingly shouted and told Ōnamuchi-no-kami, to use the Iku-tachi and Iku-yumi to drive away his brothers to become "Ōkuninushi" and "Utsushikuninushi", take Suseribime-no-mikoto as his lawful wife, and then raise thick pillars on the sokotsuiwane to build a palace with higi reaching Takamagahara on the foot of the mountain of Uka.
Thus, Ōnamuchi-no-kami expelled the Yaso-gami using the Iku-tachi and Iku-yumi, and became the ruler of the land, Ōkuninushi-no-kami.
Oct.28th, 2020
