Toyotama-hime
| Toyotama-hime 豊玉姫 | |
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 Toyotama-hime with her younger sister Tamayori-hime | |
| Major cult centre | Kaijin Shrine |
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| Spouse | Hoori |
| Children | Ugayafukiaezu |
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Toyotama-hime (Japanese: 豊玉姫) is a goddess in Japanese mythology. There are stories about her in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. She is the daughter of the sea deity, Watatsumi, and the wife of Hoori. She is the paternal grandmother of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.
Toyotama, also known as Toyotamahime or Toyotama-hime, married Prince Hoori. However, she returned to the sea when he broke his vow not to spy on her while she was going through childbirth. The child she gave birth to was named Ugayafukiaezu.
In popular culture
[change | change source]- Throughout Japanese media, human-dragon hybrids (former on their mother's side as the case with Toyotama) are commonplace, notably in video games such as Popolocrois, Fire Emblem and Breath of Fire.
- In the Japanese anime Sekirei, there is a Sekirei named Toyotama that fights using a traditional wooden staff.
Family tree
[change | change source]- Red background is female.
- Green background means groups
- Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.
Other websites
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Media related to Toyotama-hime at Wikimedia Commons
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