足名椎

Japanese

Kanji in this term
足	名	椎
あし Grade: 1	な Grade: 1 (ateji)	つち > ずち Grade: S (ateji)
kun’yomi

For pronunciation and definitions of 足名椎 – see the following entry.

【脚摩乳あしなずち】

[proper noun] (Japanese mythology) son of 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi), husband of 手摩乳 (Tenazuchi), father of 奇稲田姫 (Kushinadahime); he offered his last daughter to 素戔嗚 (Susa no O) so that he would save her from the serpent 八岐大蛇 (Yamata no Orochi)

(This term, 足名椎, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)