八や咫たの烏からす

noun

Yatagarasu; mythical raven who guided Emperor Jimmu

In Japanese mythology, a divine three-legged crow sent to guide Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition. The term is rare and primarily encountered in mythological contexts.

See also: 八咫烏

• 八や咫たの烏からすは神じん武む天皇てんのうを導みちびいたと伝つたえられている。

  Yatagarasu is said to have guided Emperor Jimmu.

noun

three-legged crow of the sun; solar crow

In Chinese mythology, a three-legged crow that lives in the sun. This sense is less common in Japanese usage and mainly appears in discussions of Chinese myth.

See also: 八咫烏

• 中ちゅう国ごく神しん話わでは、八や咫たの烏からすは太たい陽ように棲すむ三さん本ぼん足あしの烏からすとされる。

  In Chinese mythology, the three-legged crow is said to inhabit the sun.