[ [80] Another authority makes Uka no mitama a daughter of Izanagi and Izanami.
[ [82] See [Index]--Futsunushi.
[ [83] Like Odin, who lends his spear Gungmir to heroes to win victories with.
[ [84] I.e., died.
[ [85] It was an Arab custom in certain places to build a hut outside the camp, where the parturient woman had to stay for a time.--Welhausen.
[ [86] There was no official recognition of the art of writing in Japan until a.d. 405, and no mention of calendars until a.d. 553. So much for the authenticity of the above date.
[ [87] Usa is not on the direct route from Hiuga to Yamato. It was no doubt introduced because this place was anciently a famous centre of Shinto worship.
[ [88] This is a specimen of the numerous derivations of the Jimmu narrative. The Idzumo Fudoki is also full of infantile etymologies, which have usually a scrap of legend attached to them.