根ねの堅かた州す国くに

noun

underworld; netherworld

Archaic mythological term for the land of the dead in Japanese mythology, often associated with Susanoo. Compare with 根の国.

See also: 根の国

• 古こ事じ記きには、根ねの堅かた州す国くには須佐之男すさのおの命みことが治おさめる国くにと記しるされている。

  In the Kojiki, Ne-no-katasukuni is recorded as the land ruled by Susanoo-no-Mikoto.