![]() No spoilers though, go out and watch it yourself!įormerly a princess, Kaguya Otsutsuki is a powerful villainess from Naruto Shippūden, an anime and manga series written and illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto. But of course, there's far more to Sailor Moon's backstory to connect this world-famous story to the ancient rabbit on the moon. ![]() Not to spoil too much if you haven't read or watched the series (which you should, it's a classic), the most obvious reference is Sailor Moon's real name, Tuskino Usagi, a direct reference to the myth, as it means “Moon Rabbit.” Physically, Usagi’s iconic blonde hair is split into two partial-bun pigtails and looks like rabbit ears too. ![]() Together with the help of friends, the "beautiful guardians" protect Tokyo from galactic villains out to destroy the solar system. Both follow the story of a female middle school student, Usagi Tsukino, who transforms into the superhero, Sailor Moon. Here's our manga reading list for Otsukimi, all featuring the beautiful full moon and modern manifestations of this lunar rabbit!īishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon began as a shōjo manga series, written and illustrated by Naoko Takeuchi from 1991 to 1997, as well as an anime series airing from 1992-1997 (with a reboot that began in 2014). The myth of the Moon Rabbit is still relevant in today’s Japanese pop-culture, appearing in manga and anime in the form of heroes, villains, and symbolism alike. Myths differ on what the rabbit is making in the mortar, but according to Japanese lore, it’s chewy mochi. Many think it looks like the rabbit is pounding with a mortar and pestle. Tsukuyomi does not have such significance in the Kojiki, in which there is a similar tale about Susanoo-no-Mikoto killing a similar food goddess named Ōgetsuhime, who is often conflated with Ukemochi.While in the West many see a man on the moon, in Asia the shape of a rabbit on the moon has been passed down in different myths. This is according to one of the accounts in the Nihon Shoki. This is the reason that day and night are never together. Īmaterasu 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. Tsukuyomi was utterly disgusted by the fact that, although it looked exquisite, the meal was made in a disgusting manner, and so he killed her. The goddess 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. Amaterasu once sent Tsukuyomi to represent her at a feast presented by Ukemochi. Tsukuyomi angered Amaterasu when he killed Ukemochi, the goddess of food. However, in an alternative story, Tsukuyomi was born from a mirror made of white copper in Izanagi's right hand. Tsukuyomi was born when he washed out of Izanagi's right eye. Tsukuyomi was the second of the "three noble children" ( 三貴子, Mihashira-no-Uzu-no-Miko) born when Izanagi-no-Mikoto, the god who created the first land of Onogoroshima, was cleansing himself of his sins while bathing after escaping the underworld and the clutches of his enraged dead sister, Izanami-no-Mikoto. Still, in Man'yōshū, Tsukuyomi's name is sometimes rendered as Tsukuyomi Otoko ( 月讀壮士, "moon-reading man"), implying that they are male. There is so little known about Tsukuyomi that even their sex is unknown. An alternative interpretation is that his name is a combination of tsukiyo ( 月夜, "moonlit night") and mi ( 見, "looking, watching"). The Nihon Shoki mentions this name spelled as Tsukuyumi ( 月弓, "moon bow"), but this yumi is likely a variation in pronunciation of yomi. 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"). 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 god in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion.
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