Japanese

Noun

黄泉醜女 ‎(hiragana よもつしこめ, romaji yomotsushikome)

1. ugly women of the underworld
   • 712: Kojiki

     於是伊邪那岐命、見畏而逃還之時、其妹伊邪那美命、言令見辱吾、即遣豫母都志許賣此六字以音。令追。

   • 720: Nihon Shoki

     于時、伊奘冉尊恨曰、何不用要言、令吾恥辱、乃遣泉津醜女八人、一云、泉津日狹女、追留之。

Synonyms

• 黄泉日狹女 (よもつひさめ) ‎(yomotsuhisame) (yomotsuhisame)

References

• Kurano, Kenji; Yūkichi Takeda (1958) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 1: Kojiki, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-00-060001-X
• Sakamoto, Tarō; Ienaga Saburō, Inoue Mitsusada, Ōno Susumu (1967) Nihon Koten Bungaku Taikei 67: Nihon Shoki, volume 1, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, ISBN 4-0006-0067-2