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42 Then the eighty myriads of Gods met on the bank of the Tranquil River of Heaven, and considered in what manner they should supplicate her. Accordingly Omohi-kane no Kami, with profound device and far-reaching thought, at length gathered long-singing birds of the Eternal Land and made them utter their prolonged cry to one another. Moreover he made Ta-jikara-wo no Kami to stand beside the Rock-door. Then Ame no Koyane no Mikoto, ancestor of the Nakatomi no Muraji, and Futo-dama no Mikoto, ancestor of the Imibe