now the prince ascribed his escape entirely to the virtue of the sword of murakumo, and to the protection of amaterasu, the sun goddess of ise, who controls the wind and all the elements and insures the safety of all who pray to her in the hour of danger. lifting the precious sword he raised it above his head many times in token of his great respect, and as he did this he re-named it kusanagi-no-tsurugi or the grass-cleaving sword, and the place where he set fire to the grass round him and escaped from death in the burning prairie, he called yaidzu. to this day there is a spot along the great tokaido railway named yaidzu, which is said to be the very place where this thrilling event took place.