She flyed into a fury. She ordered the 8 thunders to chase her husband. She gave the gods 1500 soldiers of the Underground.
The husband’s 1st countermeasure―3.3ft sword called Totsuka-tsurugi he had-----
He finally reached at the foot of the borderland, called Yomotsu-hira-slope. The irate chasers were still behind him.
The husband’s 2nd countermeasure―peaches at the slope-----
He threw 3 peaches powerfully. The gods and soldiers were afraid of them and ran away.
To be continued,
a story from Kojiki=古事記, the oldest extant chronicle in Japan, dating from the early 8th century (711–712),
Photo, the god of wind and the god of thunder, by Tawaraya Soutratsu, 17th century, Kyoto National Museum
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