八や咫た烏がらす

noun

Yatagarasu; mythical crow that guided Emperor Jimmu

In Japanese mythology, a divine three-legged crow sent by the gods to guide Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition. Often depicted as a symbol of guidance and divine intervention.

• 八や咫た烏がらすは神じん武む天皇てんのうを導みちびいたとされる神しん聖せいなカラスです。

  Yatagarasu is a sacred crow said to have guided Emperor Jimmu.

noun

three-legged crow of the sun; mythical sun crow

In Chinese mythology, a three-legged crow said to inhabit the sun. The concept also appears in Japanese mythology, sometimes overlapping with Yatagarasu.

• 八や咫た烏がらすは太たい陽ように住すむ三さん本ぼん足あしの烏からすとされる。

  Yatagarasu is said to be a three-legged crow that lives in the sun.