Suga no Uta

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Suga no Uta is an ancient Japanese Shinto hymn traditionally attributed to the storm god Susanoo, celebrated as one of Japan’s earliest recorded poems.

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Suga no Uta canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Japanese poem
Shinto hymn
ancient Japanese literature
associatedKami Susanoo
associatedWithRegion Izumo
associatedWithShrine Susa Shrine
attributedTo Susanoo
countryOfOrigin Japan
culture Japanese
deityType storm god
featuresDeity Susanoo
function praise of kami
ritual recitation
genre mythological poetry
religious hymn
historicalSignificance one of the earliest recorded Japanese poems
language Classical Japanese
laterInfluence Shinto liturgical texts
early Japanese court poetry
literaryForm waka
meter tanka-like form
mythologicalContext Shinto mythology
narrativeContext Susanoo’s settlement after exile from heaven
period ancient Japan
recordedIn Kojiki
Nihon Shoki
religion Shinto
settingInMyth Suga in Izumo
theme exile and return
gratitude
purification
transmission oral tradition

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Susanoo recited Suga no Uta