著者

酒井 利信

出版者

日本武道学会

雑誌

武道学研究 (ISSN:02879700)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.39, no.2, pp.1-15, 2006

---

This research aims to clarify the magical power of the bow and arrow that appear in ancient Japanese myths, including <i>&lsquo;Kojiki&rsquo;</i>and&lsquo; <i>Nihon shoki</i>.&rsquo;<br>In my the previous study, I clarified the following in relation to the magical power of the sword that appears in ancient Japanese myths:<br>1. the magical power of the sword<br>2. the relationship between the sword and gods (when discussing the magical power of the sword, the sword must be sacred; this is the basis of why the sword is sacred)<br>3. the attribute of the sword that connects the celestial world of the gods and the terrestrial world of human beings (this provides an assumption for the relationship between the sword and the gods).<br>In this research, I investigated whether the magical power of the bow and arrow has the same structure as that of the sword, by comparing the findings of the previous study, and confirmed the following:<br>In the myth of Arnenowakahiko, three points were found: 1. the magical power of the bow and arrow; 2. the relationship between the gods and the bow and arrow; and 3. the bow and arrow's attribute connecting between the celestial world of the gods and the terrestrial world of human beings, suggesting that the magical power of the bow and arrow has the same structure as that of the sword.&middot; A difference from the magical power of the sword was revealed in the myth of Ninuriya.&middot;Besides the magical power of Hekija (exorcising evil gods and demons), I found the magical power of Seisei (creating).&middot;Although arrows themselves originally had magical power, the red color of Ninuziya represents the magical power of the blood, by which the magical power of the arrow was enhanced.&middot;In the Ninuriya myth, I could not find the magical power of the bow, but found only the magical power of the arrow.&middot;In the Ninuriya myth, the arrow flows down the river to the terrestrial world as the god's incarnation. This implies that the world of gods lies in the horizontal direction of the terrestrial world. However, in the Kilo myths a view of the world is expressed in a form that basically stands solid in the vertical direction. The sword and arrow of the Arnenowakahiko myth connected the celestial world of the gods to the human world on Earth. The view of the world in this vertical direction was, however, created by a new ideology, and the world view was originally horizontal. The arrow was previously understood as something that connected the comparatively old transcendence axis in the horizontal direction.