Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name “Tsukuyomi” is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月; “moon, month”, becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み; “reading, counting”). The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi (月弓; “moon bow”), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi. An alternative interpretation is that his name is a combination of tsukiyo (月夜; “moonlit night”) and mi (見; “looking, watching”). -no-Mikoto is a common honorific appended to the names of Kami; it may be understood as similar to the English honorific ‘the Great’.
In Man’yōshū, Tsukuyomi’s name is sometimes rendered as Tsukuyomi Otoko (月讀壮士; “moon-reading man”), implying that he is male
Myth
Tsukuyomi was the second of the “three noble children” (三貴子, Mihashira-no-Uzu-no-Miko) born when Izanagi-no-Mikoto, the kami who created the first land of Onogoroshima, was cleansing himself of his kegare while bathing after escaping the underworld and the clutches of his enraged dead sister, Izanami-no-Mikoto. Tsukuyomi was born when he washed out of Izanagi’s right eye. However, in an alternative story, Tsukuyomi was born from a mirror made of white copper in Izanagi’s right hand.
Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu (who in some sources was his wife) when he killed Ukemochi, the megami of food. Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Ukemochi. The megami created the food by turning to the ocean and spitting out a fish, then facing a forest and spitting out game, and finally turning to a rice paddy and coughing up a bowl of rice. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the manner of which the exquisite-looking meal was made in, so he killed her.
Amaterasu learned what happened and she was so angry that she refused to ever look at Tsukuyomi again, forever moving to another part of the sky. This is the reason that day and night are never together. This is according to one of the accounts in the Nihon Shoki. Tsukuyomi does not have such significance in the Kojiki, in which there is a similar tale about Susanoo-no-Mikoto killing a similar food megami named Ōgetsuhime, who is often conflated with Ukemochi.
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struggling to identify the type and cause of my nerve injury. it’s localised around the back of my right shoulder, but radiates out and also is comorbid with some tingling down my right arm, and stiffness of spine. Doesn’t seem to respond to ibuprofen or paracetamol. It’s maybe a 3/10 stationary, 6/10 moving. pretty sure it’ll go away on its own if I rest up.
I did do a bunch of back-focused workouts a couple days ago, but I would’ve expected muscle soreness rather than what appears to be a delayed-onset nerve pinch
How is your range of motion? Have you tried ice/heat? Probably some strain on your rotator cuff. That would be the most common injury I think.
How does your neck feel on that side? could be a bad disc in your neck or some other injury affecting your brachial plexus, ask me how I know…
You may wanna check out nerve flossing exercises, those feel like they’ve been helping me. But be careful and go slow! If it hurts, stop and rest. They call it flossing for a reason, it’s trying to stretch that nerve bundle and pull it back and forth thru its little channel… and if you’re like me it’s already aggravated, and if you’re too hasty you can easily set yourself back…
Hope you can find some relief, comrade
Appreciate it! The neck is tense but not painful.
I took your advice and did some gentle nerve exercises in the area while keeping a close watch for pain, will see if they pay off.
You’re welcome! When I started those exercises a few weeks ago, the first big one I did when I stretched my neck and arm back to the left, it made my neck bones shift and I got a big zap down my arm to my elbow. Didn’t hurt, just felt weird. It’s how I knew I was onto something lol. It hasn’t done that since, thankfully.
Hope you can zero in on something that helps you, good luck!