In the field of research on ancient Japanese history, the term ``chimei setsuwa'' is often used.
Geographical tales are
"Fictitious tales were created based on place names." is used.
However, I don't think there are any examples of place name narratives that have been proven with concrete grounds.
In reality, I think the place names are based on historical facts.
One example of this is the place name 'Izumo' where Nomi no Sukune and Tagima no Haya fought sumo during the reign of Emperor Suinin and Nomi no Sukune won.
Kegima no Haya is a person who boasts of his strength, saying, ``Even if I search any directions, there will probably be no one who can match my strength.'' There is a story that the emperor heard about it, and the emperor summoned Nomi no Sukune, who lived in Izumo, as a partner.
In other words, Nomi no Sukune came from Izumo Province to the Yamato Asakura region.
The place where the two wrestled was identified as Junihashira Shrine, 2.6 kilometers east of Yamato-Asakura Station.
In the Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan), it is written that ``the two stood facing each other and kicked each other. Killed (two people stood up against each other, each leg was killed, the rule was broken, and the knee was killed)."
This fight is considered to be a historical fact (the style of sumo wrestling is also far from modern times).
The area where the Junibashira Shrine is located is still called “Izumo” today.
Izumo is a famous old country name known to all Japanese people in Shimane Prefecture. It is unnatural that it is attached to an area in Nara Prefecture, and I think it is the basis for the fact that the article in the Chronicles is not a narrative but a historical fact.
By the way, Nomi no Sukune's mound is located on the other side of the national highway from this shrine, and Tagima no Haya's mound still exists in Tagima, Katsuragi City, where he was born. In addition, Nomi no Sukune, who won, was given the land of Tagima no Haya, which is called Koshioreda, and is identified as Isokabe, Kashiba City, Katsuragi City (about 2 km from Tagima-dera Temple).
(A display of Izumo Ward in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, next to Junibashira Shrine. The monument to Nomi no Sukune is on the left.)
Beside Junibashira Shrine: 32 minutes walk east from Yamato-Asakura Station. Taken on August 31, 2022
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