Sukuna in Mythology: the Nihongi
This post is just an extension of this post, which is a summary of the info I could find on Ryōmen Sukuna in mythology and legends, as well as a compilation of all the English sources I found.
Here, I want to share the first known mention of Sukuna: the Nihongi or Nihon Shoki, called “The Chronicles of Japan” in English. While I quote the passage in the aforementioned post, I figured I’d share the sources here (I decided to quickly change formatting and proofread that post again, and realized I never shared the links to where it could be read.) So, here’s the two best free versions I found.
This is the version I quoted in my post, from archive.org. This link should take you to the correct page – access is free – but if it doesn’t, move the slider at the bottom of the page to position/page 325. Alternately, you can use the page number at the top corners of the scanned pages (which do not match the slider numbers for some reason) – the number of the page with Sukuna is 298.
This is the version that appears on Wikisource. Unfortunately, this does not have a direct link, but I can link you to the correct chapter. Interestingly, it seems that the Wikisource version is based on the same copy as the archive.org version – the page numbers are denoted to the left of the text and here, the number is also 298. When you click on, it takes you to this page, which actually shows both versions of the text. Who knows.
