🇯🇵 Int'l Island Manga Artist, Ira 🇸🇬 Singapore PR 🌏 ADHD + ASD | IQ 115 | BMI 17.7 ⛴️ Fastest to 500 islands in 3 years (World Record) 🙇 Japanese-to-English Google Translation. Apologies for any errors.
【Deity】 Goddess of Safe Childbirth: “Matao Daimyojin” 【Shrine Information】 The wife of Lord Kaku, who was pregnant, capsized while traveling by boat with midwives. Her body washed ashore near Akao. The spirit of the wife was enshrined as the divine spirit of Toyotama-hime-no-mikoto, honored with the divine title “Matao Daimyojin,” and enshrined as the guardian deity of Akao. The midwives were buried at a spot overlooking Uku Island, and a shrine was built to honor them as guardian deities of safe childbirth. This place is called “Gozedon’s Nose.”
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Frankly speaking, I have a question: this blessing isn’t granted by someone who successfully gave birth, is it? Is it precisely because she was a pregnant woman who couldn’t give birth that she decided to lend her power for the safe delivery of living humans? Since the lady has passed away, we can’t know her intentions.
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