Shinatsuhiko

{{Short description|Japanese mythological god of wind}} '''Shinatsuhiko''' (Kojiki: 志那都比古神 - Long Blowing Lad,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shinatsuhiko • A History of Japan - 日本歴史|url=https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/shinatsuhiko/|access-date=2021-09-11|website=A History of Japan - 日本歴史|language=en-GB}}</ref> Nihon Shoki: 級長津彦命) is a Japanese mythological god of wind (Fūjin). Another name for this deity is Shinatobe, who may originally have been a separate goddess of wind.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/xwords/entry.php?entryID=139|title=Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Shinatsuhiko|website=eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp}}</ref>

== Sources == The Nihon Shoki stated that Shinatsuhiko was born after Izanagi no Mikoto and Izanami no Mikoto created the great eight islands of Japan.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Studies In Shinto & Shrines|last=Ponsonby-Fane|first=R. A. B.|date=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780710310590|location=Oxon|pages=251}}</ref> After these lands were completed, Izanagi blew at the morning mists that obscured them and these became Shinatsuhiko, God of the Wind.<ref name=":0" />

A Shinto liturgical text or ritual incantation called norito addressed the god in this masculine name while a different name – Shinatobe – was ascribed to what is presumed to be his feminine version.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=Ancient Japanese Rituals|last1=Satow|first1=Ernest|last2=Florenz|first2=Karl|date=2012|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780710307507|location=Oxon|pages=59}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite book|title=Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan|last=Aston|first=W. G.|date=2019|publisher=Outlook|isbn=9783734072581|location=Mumbai|pages=28}}</ref>

Some sources also called the wind deities Ame no Mihashira (pillar of Heaven) and Kuni no Mihashira (pillar of the Earth/Country) according to the belief that the wind supported the sky.<ref name=":2" /> It is noted that these names preceded Shinatsuhiko and Shinatobe.<ref name=":1" />

==Shrines== The Ise Grand Shrine contains temples, the ''Kaze-no-Miya'' (wind shrines), that hold ''betsugū'' (detached shrines) which enshrine the Shinatsuhiko-no-Mikoto and Shinatobe-no-Mikoto.<ref name="shrines">{{cite web |last1=Murayama |first1=Yusuke |title=In Pursuit of the Wellspring of Japanese Beauty |url=https://www.shoku.pref.mie.lg.jp/en/contents2018_02.html |website=Food of Mie Prefecture |publisher=Otonamie |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref> In Yūtō, Shizuoka, the Oki-jinja Shrine is also dedicated to Shinatsuhiko-kami.<ref name="oki-jinja">{{cite journal |last1=Katoh |first1=Kazuharu |title=Health advocacy for reducing smoking rates in Hamamatsu, Japan. |journal=Hypertension Research |date=2020 |volume=43 |issue=7 |pages=634–647 |doi=10.1038/s41440-020-0418-0 |pmid=32144401 |s2cid=212420489 |url=https://www.katohclinic.jp/library/57020d8519319a2d5d350a51/5e8ea22a4b9dc74f2504263c.pdf |access-date=29 March 2023}}</ref>

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==External links== *Shinatsuhiko on the [https://historyofjapan.co.uk/wiki/shinatsuhiko Japanese History Database]. {{Jmyth navbox long}}

Category:Japanese gods Category:Wind deities Category:Shinto kami Category:Kunitsukami