死し出での山やま

expression, noun

mountain of death; steep mountain the dead must cross to reach the afterlife

A set phrase from Buddhist folklore referring to the mythical mountain that souls must traverse after death. Used in literary, poetic, or explanatory contexts.

• 昔むかし話ばなしでは、死し出での山やまを越こえると三途さんずの川かわに着つくと言いわれている。

  In old tales, it is said that after crossing the mountain of death, one arrives at the Sanzu River.