磐長姫溶岩＜静岡県＞ 【日本銘石】

PRINCESS IWANAGA Lava Stone

磐長姫溶岩

4000年前に起きた大室山(おおむろやま)の大噴火の溶岩です。
大室山は250〜300mほどの小さな美しい円錐状の山で、山自体が国指定の天然記念物となっている珍しい山です。
日本神話では瓊瓊杵尊(ニニギノミコト)に二人の姉妹が嫁いだとされます。
姉の磐長姫(イワナガヒメ)と妹の木花咲耶姫(コノハナサクヤヒメ)。
ニニギノミコトは醜くかったイワナガヒメだけを親元に返してしまいました。
親である大山津見神(オオヤマツミノカミ)は「イワナガヒメは岩のように子々孫々永遠の命を授ける神として嫁がせたのに」と怒りました。
それが人類に寿命ができたキッカケになったと言い伝えられています。
イワナガヒメは大室山に鎮座し、妹のコノハナサクヤヒメは富士山に神として鎮座しました。
そのことから富士山を褒めるとイワナガヒメが拗ねてしまうといわれているので「大室山も美しい」と褒めると良いことが起こるそうです。
石としては火山が噴火したときの溶岩が冷え固まったもので、沸騰したときの気泡が多く含まれています。
地球の膨大なエネルギーを蓄えたグラウディング性質を持つ鉱物で、身につけることで遠赤外線を発し身体を温めるといわれています。
微弱な磁力も含み、冷え性や病気の予防にも効果があるとして注目されています。

This is the lava from the large eruption of Mount Omuro that occurred 4,000 years ago. Mount Omuro is a small, beautiful conical mountain about 250 to 300 meters high, and is a rare mountain that has been designated as a national natural monument. In Japanese mythology, two sisters are said to have married Ninigi no Mikoto. The older sister Iwanagahime and the younger sister Konohanasakuyahime. Ninigi no Mikoto returned Iwanagahime to her parents because she was ugly. Her parent, Oyamatsuminokami, was angry and said, “He married Iwanagahime who is a god that would give eternal life, like a rock, to his children and grandchildren.’’ It is said that this was the reason why humans have limited lifetime. Iwanagahime was enshrined on Mount Omuro, and her younger sister Konohanasakuyahime was enshrined as a god on Mount Fuji. For this reason, it is said that if you praise Mount Fuji, the Iwanagahime will become depressed. Therefore, if you praise Mount Omuro and say, “Mount Omuro is also beautiful,’’ good things will happen. The stone is made from cooled lava from a volcanic eruption, and contains many bubbles when it was boiling. It is a mineral with grounding properties that stores a huge amount of energy from the earth, and it is said that when worn, it emits far infrared rays to warm the body. It also contains a weak magnetic force, and is attracting people attention as being effective in preventing sensitivity to cold and diseases.