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Mihotsuhime |
(Nihongi) According to an "alternative writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Mihotsuhime was the daughter of Takamimusuhi no mikoto, given in marriage to Ōmononushi (see Ōkuninushi no kami). In the episode known as the "transfer of the land" ( kuniyuzuri ), Tak... |
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Mikahayahi, Hihayahi |
[Mikahayahi no kami.Hihayahi no kami] (Kojiki) According to Kojiki , when Izanami died as a result of giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, her consort Izanagi was enraged and beheaded Kagutsuchi with his "ten-span sword." Blood falling on the rocks from the near end ... |
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Mimoronookanokami |
[Mimoro no oka no kami] (Nihongi) "The kami of Mimoro Peak." In Kojiki expressed as Mimoro no yama no he ni masu kami ("the kami enshrined upon Mount Mimoro"). After Sukunahikona went to the "eternal land" (tokoyo no kuni), the kami of Mimoro Peak was ... |
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Mitsuhanome |
[Mitsuhanome no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Itsu no Mitsuhanome no kami( Kojiki ) A kami of water. Upon giving birth to the fire kami Kagutsuchi, Izanami fell ill and the kami Mitsuhanome was produced from her urine. According to Nihongi , Mitsuhanome was produced just before Izanam... |
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Mizokui |
[Mishima no mizokui](Kojiki) Other names: Mizokuimimi no kami ( Nihongi ) Mother of the kami Seyatatarahime. According to Kojiki , Seyatatarahime was of such beauty that Ōmononushi fell in love with her and transformed himself into a red-lacquered arrow which struck her genitals... |
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Nainokami |
[Nai no kami] (Nihongi) A kami worshiped following disastrous earthquakes. The earliest historical record of an earthquake in Japan appears in a poem included in Nihongi 's account of Emperor Buretsu, but the first record of an earthquake kami and its worship comes from Nihongi 's r... |
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Nakayamatsumi |
(Nihongi) "Middle-mountain-body," a kami described in an "alternate writing" recorded by Nihongi as one of the five yamatsumi ("mountain-body kami ") produced from the five parts into which the fire kami Kagutsuchi was dismembered by Izanagi. ... |
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Nakisawame |
[Nakisawame no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Nakisawame no mikoto( Nihongi ) A kami produced from the tears of Izanagi, shed as he clutched the dead body of his consort Izanami. This kami was said to be enshrined at the "base of the trees" (Kinomoto) at Uneo on the foothills of ... |
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Nanashionokigishi, Nanashimenokigishi |
[Nanashio no kigishi.Nanashime no kigishi] (Nihongi) Other names: Nakime ( Kojiki ) A divine pheasant ( kishi ) appearing in an "alternate writing" recorded in Nihongi 's divine age chapters. According to this record, Amewakahiko was sent to the "Central Land of R... |
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Nigihayahi |
[Nigihayahi no mikoto] (Kojiki) A kami claimed as ancestor of the Mononobe clan. According to Nihongi , Nigihayayi descended from heaven in the "heavenly rock boat," took for wife Mikashigiyahime (younger sister of Nagasunehiko), and thus fathered Umashimade no miko... |
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Ninigi |
[Ame ni kishi kuni ni kishi amatsu hiko hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto] (Kojiki) Other names: Amatsu hiko hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto, Amatsu hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto, Hiko ho no ninigi no mikoto( Kojiki ), Amatsu hiko kuni teru hiko hono ninigi no mikoto, Amatsu hikone ho no ninigi no mikot... |
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Niutsuhime |
[Niutsuhime no kami] A female kami and central deity ( saijin ) of the Niutsuhime Shrine in Katsuragi, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture. The deity may be the same as the Nihotsuhime seen in the legend of Empress Jingū related in a fragmentary passage of the Harima no kuni fudoki as con... |
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Okinagatarashihime |
[Okinaga tarashihime no mikoto] (Kojiki Other names: Ōtarashihime A reference to the legendary Empress Jingū, consort of Emperor Chūai. According to Kojiki and Nihongi , during a campaign to subdue the indigenous Kumaso people, the empress received a divine oracle instructing t... |
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Okizakaru, Okitsunagisabiko, Okitsukahibera |
[Okizakaru no kami.Okitsunagisabiko no kami.Okitsukahibera no kami] (Kojiki) Kami appearing in Kojiki as Izanagi returned from the land of Yomi. As Izanagi purged himself from his pollution, he threw away the bracelets on his left arm, thus producing these three deities. The pre... |
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Okuyamatsumi |
[Okuyamatsumi no kami] (Kojiki) A kami produced from the belly of the fire deity Kagutsuchi when he was beheaded by his father Izanagi. According to Kojiki , Izanagi's wife Izanami died as the result of burns received when giving birth to the fire deity. Grieving at Izanami's death, I... |
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Omodaru, Ayakashikone |
[Omodaru no kami.Aya Kashikone no kami] (Kojiki) The sixth of the first seven generations of kami , produced immediately prior to Izanagi and Izanami. It is generally believed that the two kami actually represent a single being, Omodaru being the male half and Kashikone the female, ... |
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Omoikane |
[Omoikane no kami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Tokoyo no omoikane no kami( Kojiki ) An offspring of the kami Takamimusuhi, and endowed with the ability to "think together" ( omoi-kane ) about various things. In Sendai kuji hongi, the kami 's name is also given as Yagok... |
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Sahimochi |
[Sahimochi no kami] (Kojiki) In Kojiki , identified as the "One-Fathom wani " (literally, "crocodile," but now believed to refer to a shark) which delivered Hoori no mikoto (Hohodemi) from the undersea palace of the sea kami Watatsumi to the "upper land... |
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Saonetsuhiko |
(Kojiki) Other names: Shinetsuhiko( Nihongi ), Uzu hiko ( Nihongi ) A kami who met Emperor Jinmu, befriended him and guided him on his passage through the sea during the emperor's eastern campaign. The kami was said to be the ancestor of Yamato provincial governors ( miyatsuko ) and th... |
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Sarutahiko |
[Sarutahiko no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) A kami who went out to the "eight crossroads of heaven" to meet and act as guide to the heavenly grandchild Ninigi at the time of his descent ( tenson kōrin ). Sarutahiko was described as having a fantastic appearance, with a nose seve... |
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