Toyotama-hime – Wani (Dragon) Goddess disguised as a human
Wani was a dragon or sea monster in Japanese mythology. Wani is discribed as "crocodile", or sometimes "shark".
Toyotamahime (See) is a goddess in Japanese mythology. Daughter of the sea god Watatsumi, she was said to reside in a dragon palace. Their palace was as if made from fish scales and supposedly lies undersea. Her true form was “Yahiro no Owani (meaning giant crocodile, approx. 24 m long)”, and she was the wife of Hoori (See2), is known as the epitome of human–animal marriage tales. She was the mother of Ugayafukiaezu-no-Mikoto (See3), father of Emperor Jinmu (the first Emperor: See4), and sister of Tamayori-hime (See5), the Emperor's mother.
Toyotamahime makes a fateful meeting with the demigod prince, Yamasachi, also known as Hoori ("Fire-Subside"). They married and lived happily in the dragon palace. 3 years later, she and her husband Hoori, who missed home, went ashore to give birth.
She then warned her husband, "All people from other parts of the world give birth in the form of their native country when giving birth. So I will give birth to a child in my true form”, and requested Hoori not watch how she gives birth. Hoori, however, was pazzled and peered in on his wife as she was giving birth, and saw her crawling around as a giant crocodile of about 24 metres (79 ft) long. He then startled in shock and retreated. Toyatama-hime learnt that being witnessed her true form by her husband, "I have always intended to pass through the path of the sea," she said, "but I am ashamed that you should have observed my true form.” She blocked the sea path, leaving the child behind and left.
This week’s initial tentative super rough/literal translations under the cut.
1
その娼婦は一年程前から病に罹っていた
そのしょうふはいちねんほどまえからやまいにかかっていた
sono shoufu wa ichinen hodo mae kara yamai ni kakatte ita
That prostitute had been ill since about a year prior.
2
硬質の疣贅が左腕に生えていた
こうしつのいぼがひだりうでにはえていた
koushitsu no ibo ga hidari ude ni haete ita
A hard wart had been growing on her left arm.
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"個性"が起こるよりも昔…
"こせい"がおこるよりもむかし…
"kosei" ga okoru yori mo mukashi...
Long before quirks arose...
3
彼女が自身の懐妊に八か月もの間気付かなかったのは
かのじょがじしんのかいにんにはちかげつものあいだきづかなかったのは
kanojo ga jishin no kainin ni hachikagetsu mono aida kidzukanakatta no wa
The reason she didn't realize she was pregnant for eight months
4
浮浪生活だけが原因ではなかった
ふろうせいかつだけがげんいんではなかった
furou seikatsu dake ga gen'in de wa nakatta
was not only because of her vagrant lifestyle.
5
全く身に覚えがなかったからだ
まったくみにおぼえがなかったからだ
mattaku mi ni oboe ga nakatta kara da
It was because she didn't remember it at all.
6
ソレらはいつの間にか彼女の胎に住みつき
ソレらはいつのまにかかのじょのはらにすみつき
SOREra wa itsu no ma ni ka kanojo no hara ni sumitsuki
Before she knew it, they settled in her womb
7
彼女の生きる力を吸い取っていた
かのじょのいきるちからをすいとっていた
kanojo no ikiru chikara wo suitotte ita
and were draining away her life force.
1
川のほとりで双子を産み落とした女性は
かわのほとりでふたごをうみおとしたじょせいは
kawa no hotori de futago wo umiotoshita josei wa
The woman, who gave birth to twins by the river,
2
そのまま死亡した
そのまましぼうした
sono mama shibou shita
died just like that.
3
彼女の疣贅はなぜか
かのじょのいぼはなぜか
kanojo no ibo wa naze ka
For some reason, her wart
4
きれいさっぱりなくなっていた
kirei sappari nakunatte ita
disappeared without a trace.
5
赤児達は
あかごたちは
akago-tachi wa
As for the babies,
6
二人きりだった
ふたりきりだった
futarikiri datta
they were alone, [just the two of them].
7
ねずみがやって来て遺体と赤児をかじり始めた頃
ねずみがやってきていたいとあかごをかじりはじめたころ
nezumi ga yatte kite itai to akago wo kajiri hajimeta koro
Just as the rats came and started to gnaw on the corpse and the babies,
8
増水した川が
ぞうすいしたかわが
zousui shita kawa ga
the rising river
9
双子をさらっていった
ふたごをさらっていった
futago wo saratte itta
swept the twins away.
1
一年後
いちねんご
ichinengo
One year later,
2
"発光する赤児"を皮切りに世界各国で"異能"の報告が相次ぐ
"はっこうするあかご"をかわきりにせかいかっこくで"いのう"のほうこくがあいつぐ
"hakkou suru akago" wo kawakiri ni sekai kakkoku de "inou" no houkoku ga aitsugu
starting with "the luminous baby," reports of "meta abilities" emerged one after the other from all over the world.
3
"異能"は先天性のもうだけではなく
"いのう"はせんてんせいのもうだけではなく
"inou" wa sentensei no mou dake de wa naku
Meta abilities were not just congenital.
4
二次性徴前後の青少年にも後天的に発現した
にじせいちょうぜんごのせいしょうねんにもこうてんてきにはつげんした
nijiseichou zengo no seishounen ni mo koutenteki ni hatsugen shita
Around when they developed secondary sex characteristics, adolescents also expressed them as acquired [traits].
(Note: "Secondary sex characteristics" means puberty basically.)
5
未知の病として調べていた研究グループは
みちのやまいとしてしらべていたけんきゅうグループは
michi no yamai to shite shirabete ita kenkyuu GURUUPU wa
A research group investigating them as an unknown disease
6-7
"異能"を「ヒトから枝わかれした新たなる遺伝子」と発表した
"いのう"を「ヒトからえだわかれしたあらたなるいでんし」とはっぴょうした
"inou" wo 「HITO kara edawakareshita aratanaru idenshi」 to happyou shita
announced that meta abilities were "a new gene branched off from humans."
1
それはあまりに無神経で早計だった
それはあまりにむしんけいでそうけいだった
sore wa amari ni mushinkei de soukei datta
That was too callous and rash.
2
群生性命を隔つその発表は
ぐんせいせいめいをへだつそのはっぴょうは
gunseisei mei wo hedatsu sono happyou wa
That announcement that subdivided gregarious life*
(*Note: "Gregarious life" may be a bit too literal to be comprehensible. I think the best way to think of this phrase would be something like "social species.")
3
混沌を加速させた
こんとんをかそくさせた
konton wo kasoku saseta
accelerated the chaos.
4
コンビナート方面で"異能"の連中が結集し始めたそうだ
コンビナートほうめんで"いのう"のれんちゅうがけっしゅうしはじめたそうだ
KONBINAATO houmen de "inou" no renchuu ga kesshuu shi hajimeta sou da
"It seems that the meta abilities gangs have begun to gather around the industrial complex."
5
昨夜デモ隊が衝突した奴等だな……
さくやデモたいがしょうとつしたやつらだな……
sakuya DEMO tai ga shoutotsu shita yatsura da na......
"They're the ones the demonstrators clashed with last night......"
6
連中が決起する前に叩くぞ
れんちゅうがけっきするまえにたたくぞ
renchuu ga kekki suru mae ni tataku zo
"Let's hit them before they rise up."
7
なんだ?
nanda?
"What's that?"
1
超常遺児か
ちょうじょういじか
choujou iji ka
"A paranormal orphan, huh?"
2
可哀想だが放っとけ!遺児は保菌者の可能性が高い
かわいそうだがほっとけ!いじはキャリアのかのうせいがたかい
kawaisou da ga hottoke! iji wa KYARIA (kanji hokinsha) no kanousei ga takai
"I feel bad for him, but leave him be! The possibility for an orphan to be a carrier is high."
3
ん
n
"Right."
4
何の音だ
なんのおとだ
nan no oto da
"What's that sound?"
5
ん?
n?
"Hm?"
6
え
e
"Huh?"
1
それは母親から「奪った」異能
それはははおやから「うばった」いのう
sore wa hahaoya kara 「ubatta」 inou
That was the meta ability he "stole" from his mother.
2
その赤児は生まれながらに不遜だった
そのあかごはうまれながらにふそんだった
sono akago wa umare nagara ni fuson datta
That baby was born conceited.
3
身の回り全てが自身の所有物であり
みのまわりすべてがじしんのしょゆうぶつであり
mi no mawari subete ga jishin no shoyuubutsu de ari
Everything around him was his own property.
1
泣けど喚けど自身を見ない
なけどわめけどじしんをみない
nakedo wamekedo jishin wo minai
He cried and screamed, but he didn't see himself.
2
何も与えない者が
なにもあたえないものが
nani mo ataenai mono ga
Those who gave him nothing
3
ただただ
tada tada
were simply
4
疑問だった
ぎもんだった
gimon datta
problems*.
(*Note: The word here means "problem, doubt, question." I think the description is saying that the baby would look at others and see them as the same as everything else in the world: something that existed as his property. Therefore those that gave him nothing were confusing, were question marks, and he harbored doubts and suspicions about them as a result.)
1
ダメ
DAME
"Don't."
2
イタイの
ITAI no
"That hurts [them]."
3
母親から与え���れる筈の栄養を
ははおやからあたえられるはずのえいようを
hahaoya kara ataerareru hazu no eiyou wo
The nutrition his mother should have given to him
4
ダメ
DAME
"Don't."
5
ほとんど兄に奪われたので
ほとんどあににうばわれたので
hotondo ani ni ubawareta node
was largely stolen by his older brother, so
6
弟はとても小さく脆弱だった
おとうとはとてもちいさくぜいじゃくだった
otouto wa totemo chiisaku zeijaku datta
the younger brother was very small and frail.
7
自身に何も与えない存在だったが手に持っていた所有物なので
じしんになにもあたえないそんざいだったがてにもっていたものなので
jishin ni nani mo ataenai sonzai datta ga te ni motte ita mono nanode
[The younger brother's] existence gave nothing to [the older brother], but [the younger brother's existence] was a possession [the older brother] held in his hands, so
8
兄は弟を決して手放そうとしなかった
あにはおとうとをけっしててばなそうとしなかった
ani wa otouto wo kesshite tebanasou to shinakatta
the older brother tried to never let go of the younger brother.
1
ーー溝が深まる一方で"発光する赤児"が自ら先頭に立ち
ーーみぞがふかまるいっぽうで"はっこうするあかご"がみずからせんとうにたち
--mizo ga fukamaru ippou de "hakkou suru akago" ga mizukara sentou ni tachi
"--While the gap* intensified, the "luminous baby" has taken the lead"
(*Note: The "gap" is referring to the rift between humans with meta abilities versus those without.)
2
平和と安全を訴えています賛同者は日増しに増加しておりーー
へいわとあんぜんをうったえていますさんどうしゃはひましにぞうかしておりーー
heiwa to anzen wo uttaete imasu sandousha wa hima shi ni zouka shite ori--
"to call for peace and security, with the number of supporters increasing day by day--"
3
僕に黙って何を読んでる?
ぼくにだまってなにをよんでる?
boku ni damatte nani wo yonderu?
"What are you reading without telling me?"
4
まだ文字の勉強中で難しい本は読めないんだけど…
まだもじのべんきょうちゅうでむずかしいほんはよめないんだけど…
mada moji no benkyouchuu de muzukashii hon wa yomenainda kedo...
"I'm still learning letters so I can't read difficult books, but..."
5
すごいよこのコミックって本
すごいよこのコミックってほん
sugoi yo KOMIKKU tte hon
"this comic book is amazing!"
6
絵で読めるんだ
えでよめるんだ
e de yomerunda
"I can read it by the pictures."
7
描いた人の願いが絵で伝わってくる
かいたひとのねがいがえでつたわってくる
kaita hito no negai ga e de tsutawatte kuru
"The wishes of the person who drew it are conveyed through the pictures."
8
ヒーロー…
HIIROO...
"Hero..."
9-10
僕もいつかこんな風になりたいな…
ぼくもいつかこんなふうになりたいな…
boku mo itsu ka konna fuu ni naritai na...
"I want to be like this someday too..."
11
弟はまだ兄を諦めきれなかった
おとうとはまだあにをあきらめきれなかった
otouto wa mada ani wo akirame kirenakatta
The younger brother couldn't give up on the older brother yet.
1-2
かすかに憶えているあの手を兄の優しさだと信じたかった
かすかにおぼえているあのてをあにのやさしさだとしんじたかった
kasuka ni oboete iru ano te wo ani no yasashisa da to shinjitakatta
He wanted to believe that hand he faintly remembers was his older brother's kindness.
3
三年後
さんねんご
sannengo
Three years later
4
例の"発光する赤児"さぁ…あいつのシンパがとうとう1000万人を超えたんだってさ
れいの"はっこうするあかご"さぁ…あいつのシンパがとうとう1000まんにんをこえたんだってさ
rei no "hakkou suru akago" saa...aitsu no SHINPA ga toutou 1000mannin wo koetanda tte sa
"Well, for example, that 'luminous baby'...they say that guy's sympathizers finally surpassed 10 million people."
5
兄さん…
にいさん…
niisan...
"Brother..."
6
おかしいよなだってあれは戸籍登録が一番早かったってだけで
おかしいよなだってあれはこせきとうろくがいちばんはやかったってだけで
okashii yo na datte are wa koseki touroku ga ichiban hayakatta tte dake de
"That's strange, isn't it? Since it's just because his family registration was the fastest."
7-8
インドなんかじゃその二周間前には50人は異能が産まれてたって話だぜ
インドなんかじゃそのにしゅうかんまえには50にんはいのうがうまれてたってはなしだぜ
INDO nanka ja sono nishuukan mae ni wa 50nin wa inou ga umareteta tte hanashi da ze
"They say that, in India, 50 people with meta abilities were born two weeks before that."
9
その姿は
そのすがたは
sono sugata wa
"That appearance..."
(Note: Yoichi is reacting with surprise at how AFO looks like he's been in a fight or something.)
10
おかしな話だよそんなので人を集められるなんてさ
おかしなはなしだよそんなのでひとをあつめられるなんてさ
okashina hanashi da yo sonna node hito wo atsumerareru nante sa
"It's such a strange story, that he could gather people together like that."
1
だから殺して「奪って」やった
だからころして「うばって」やった
dakara koroshite 「ubatte」 yatta
"That's why I killed him and 'stole' [his meta ability.]"
2
……なんで…
......nande...
"......Why..."
3
だって
datte
"Because"
4
あのコミックに描かれていたろ
あのコミックにかかれていたろ
ano KOMIKKU ni kakarete ita ro
"it was depicted in that comic."
5
ONE FOR ALL…
ワン フォー オール…
WAN FOO OORU...
"One For All..."
6
ALL FOR ONE良い言葉だよな
オール フォー ワンいいことばだよな
OORU FOO WAN ii kotoba da yo na
"All For One, they're excellent words."
1
ヒーローは正体を隠して孤独に戦っていたけれど
ヒーローはしょうたいをかくしてこどくにたたかっていたけれど
HIIROO wa shoutai wo kakushite kodoku ni tatakatte ita keredo
"The hero was hiding his true identity as he fought alone, but"
2
悪の魔王は皆が恐怖して全てを差し出すんだ
あくのまおうはみんながきょうふしてすべてをさしだすんだ
aku no maou wa minna ga kyoufu shite subete wo sashidasunda
"everyone feared and offered up everything to the evil Demon King."
3
おまえがそうであるように…皆が僕の為だけに存在する世界
おまえがそうであるように…みんながぼくのためだけにそんざいするせかい
omae ga sou de aru you ni...minna ga boku no tame dake ni sonzai suru sekai
"A world where everyone exists just for my sake...just like you do."
4
僕にも夢ができた!
ぼくにもゆめができた!
boku ni mo yume ga dekita!
"I was also able [to come up with] a dream!"
1
待て何故行ってしまうんだ
まてなぜいってしまうんだ
mate naze itte shimaunda
Wait, why are you leaving?
2
"力"を与えてやったじゃないか!
"ちから"をあたえてやったじゃないか!
"chikara" wo ataete yatta ja nai ka!
Didn't I give you power?!
3
なんだおまえは!離れろ!
なんだおまえは!はなれろ!
nanda omae wa! hanarero!
What are you? Get away [from him]!
4
僕のだ僕を見ていろ!
ぼくのだぼくをみていろ!
boku no da boku wo mite iro!
[That's] mine, look at me!
5-6
僕のものにならないなら
ぼくのものにならないなら
boku no mono ni naranai nara
If you won't become mine,
7
もうーー
mou--
then--
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その手はー…
そのてはー…
sono te wa-...
That hand is-...
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Wuxing – the connections between the Five Dragon Kings (Ref) and the Five Elements philosophy
To better understand the origins of the Five Dragon Kings and the ancient Chinese legend, it is worth mentioning the wuxing of natural philosophy, which states that all things are composed of five elements: fire, water, wood, metal and earth.
The underlying idea is that the five elements 'influence each other, and that through their birth and death, heaven and earth change and circulate'.
The five elements are described as followed:
Wood/Spring: a period of growth, which generates abundant vitality, movement and wind.
Fire/Summer: a period of swelling, flowering, expanding with heat.
Earth is associated with ripening of grains in the yellow fields of late summer.
Metal/Autumn: a period of harvesting, collecting and dryness.
Water/Winter: a period of retreat, stillness, contracting and coolness.
The wuxing system, in use since the Han dynasty (2nd century BCE), appears in many seemingly disparate fields of early Chinese thought, including music, feng shui, alchemy, astrology, martial arts, military strategy, I Ching divination, and traditional medicine, serving as a metaphysics based on cosmic analogy.
The wuxing originally referred to the five major planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Mars and Venus), which were thought of as the five forces that create life on earth. Wu Xing litterally means moving star and describes the five types of Qi (all the vital substances) cycles through various stages of transformation. As yin and yang continuously adjust to one another and transform into one another in a never-ending dance of harmony, they tend to do so in a predictable pattern.
The lists of correlations for the five elements are diverse, but there are two cycles explaining the major interaction. The yin-yang interaction, which by increasing or decreasing the qualities and functions associated with a particular phase, it may either nourish a phase that is in deficiency or drain a phase that is in excess or restrain a phase that is exerting too much influence (see below):
The Creation Cycle (Yang)
Wood feeds Fire
Fire creates Earth (ash)
Earth bears Metal
Metal collects Water
Water nourishes Wood
The Destruction Cycle (Yin)
Wood parts Earth
Earth dams (or absorbs) Water
Water extinguishes Fire
Fire melts Metal
Metal chops Wood
The Huainanzi (2nd BCE) describes the five colored dragons (azure/green, red, white, black, yellow) and their associations (Chapter 4: Terrestrial Forms), as well as the placement of sacred beasts in the five directions (the Four Symbols beasts, dragon, tiger, bird, tortoise in the four cardinal directions and the yellow dragon.