[111] I offer, for consideration only, two conjectures: first, that Tsuki-yomi was the Ise Moon-God, and Susa no wo the Idzumo lunar deity; and second, that _Susa_ may possibly be an allotropic form of _sasura_, banish. [112] "The large, deep love of living sea and land."--Swinburne, 'Kynance Cove.' [113] Graphically described in Lafcadio Hearn's 'Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan.' [114] See above, p. 108. [115] See above, p. 106. [116] _Nihongi_, ii. 366. [117] I. 198. [118] See 'Ch. K.,' p. 33. [119] See above, p. 95. [120] See Index--'Sumiyoshi.' [121] See p. 114. [122] See above, p. 92. [123] _Nihongi_, i. 22. [124] See Index--'Wind-Gods.' [125] In Yucatan there were four Wind-Gods, who upheld the four corners of Heaven. [126] See above, p. 109. [127] _Nihongi_, i. 115. [128] _Nihongi_, i. 44. [129] Is it possible that Fuji no yama is really for Futsu no yama, the mountain of fire? [130] The sword was deified in Teutonic myth. [131] "So called," says Hirata, "because heat makes things grow." [132] See Index--_Ho-shidzume_, Fire-drill. [133] As a source of food? [134] See Index--_Toshi-gohi_. [135] See Index. [136] Murray's 'Japan,' fifth edit., p. 383. [137] See Index--'Red.' [138] See Index--_Yabune_. [139] Compare our "nave," from the Latin _navis_. [140] See below, p. 186. [141] See Index, _s.v._ [142] See above, p. 86. [143] In Japanese _In_ and _Yō_. [144] See above, p. 129. [145] Rhys, 'Celtic Heathendom,' p. 115. [146] 'In Japan,' edited by Capt. Brinkley. CHAPTER VIII. THE PANTHEON, MAN DEITIES. I. DEIFIED INDIVIDUAL MEN. None of the _Dii majores_ of the more ancient Shinto are deified individual men, and although it is highly probable that some of the inferior mythical personages were originally human beings, I am unable to point to a case of this kind which rests on anything more than conjecture.