多紀理毘売命・多岐都比売命・木花之佐久夜毘売

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Tagirihime, also known as Takirihime, is a goddess in Japanese mythology. She is a member of the Munakata Sanjojin, enshrined as Tagorihime at the Okinomiya Shrine on Okinoshima Island.

Explanation

Tagirihime is one of the Munakata Sanjojin born from the covenant between Amaterasu and Susanoo. In the Kojiki, she is referred to as Takiribime, while in the Nihon Shoki, she is known as Tagorihime (Tagirihime). In the Kojiki, she is also called Okitsushima-hime, but in the third volume of the Nihon Shoki, she is referred to as a variant name of Ichikishimahime (Ichikishima-hime).

According to the genealogy of Ōkuninushi in the Kojiki, she bore Ajisukitakahikone (Ajisukitakahikone-no-Kami) and Shitateruhime (Shitateruhime-no-Kami) with him.

The name can be interpreted with "Ta" as a prefix, "Kiri" meaning "mist," and "Bime" meaning "princess," giving the meaning "mist woman." Additionally, her alternate name, Okitsushima-hime, means "woman of the inner island."

Descriptions in Mythology

In the segment of the covenant between Amaterasu and Susanoo, it is said that Amaterasu received a sword from Susanoo and gave birth to the Munakata Sanjojin.

It was declared that these goddesses emerged from Susanoo's belongings, making them his children. These three goddesses are worshipped by the people of Munakata. Depending on the source (Kojiki or Nihon Shoki), the order of their birth and the shrine in which they are enshrined vary.

Description as 'Okinomiya'

In the Kojiki, the first-born goddess is named Takiribime and is enshrined at Okinomiya, also called Okitsushima-hime. In the main text of the Nihon Shoki, the first-born goddess is named Tagorihime and is enshrined at Okinomiya (consistent with the current Munakata Taisha).

Discrepancies in Records

In the first volume of the Nihon Shoki, the third-born goddess is named Tagorihime and is enshrined at Hetsumiya. In the second volume of the Nihon Shoki, the second-born goddess is named Tagorihime and is enshrined at Nakatsumiya. In the third volume of the Nihon Shoki, the third-born goddess is named Tagirihime and is enshrined at Hetsumiya.

天照大御神と須佐之男命の誓約（『古事記』に基づく）

Tagitsuhime (also known as Takitsuhime) is a goddess in Japanese mythology and one of the three Munakata goddesses.

She is referred to as Takitsuhime-no-Mikoto in the Kojiki and Tagitsuhime in the Nihon Shoki.

Descriptions in Mythology

During a covenant with Susanoo, Amaterasu chewed his sword into three pieces. From the mist she exhaled, the three Munakata goddesses were born. She declared them as Susanoo's children, born from his sword.

The people of Munakata worship these goddesses. The order of their birth and the specific shrines where they are enshrined vary between the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.

According to the Kojiki and the second volume of the Nihon Shoki, she was the third-born and enshrined at Hetsumiya. In the main text of the Nihon Shoki, as well as its first and third volumes, she is the second-born and enshrined at Nakatsumiya.

At Munakata Taisha, she is enshrined as Tagitsuhime at the Nakatsumiya Shrine on Oshima Island in Munakata City, according to the main text of the Nihon Shoki. Her sacred object is described as "purple jade" in ancient documents. Besides Nakatsumiya, she is also the main deity at Iwakiyama Shrine in Aomori Prefecture.

Explanation

As one of the three Munakata goddesses, she is enshrined at various Munakata and Itsukushima shrines, as well as Hachioji shrines, alongside the five male and three female deities born from the covenant between Amaterasu and Susanoo.

According to the Sendai Kuji Hongi, she later married Ōkuninushi and bore Yaekotoshironushi and Takakiyorihime. In Izumo, she is considered the wife of Takitsuhiko-no-Mikoto, a son of Ajisukitakahikone.

Konohanasakuya-hime is a goddess featured in Japanese mythology.

Overview

In the "Kojiki," she is referred to as Kamuyatatsu-hime and also known as Konohanasakuya-hime. In the "Nihon Shoki," she is called Kamuyatatsu-hime or Kamuyatakaa-shitsu-hime and also known as Konohanasakuya-hime. In the "Harima Fudoki," she is referred to as Konohanasakuya-hime.

She is also referred to as Konohanasakuya-hime, Konohanasakuya-hime or simply

Sakuya-hime. She is sometimes written as Konohanasakuya-hime-no-Mikoto.

In mythology, she receives a marriage proposal from Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended to the earthly world by the command of Amaterasu.

Her father, Ōyamatsumi, was pleased and intended to marry her off along with her sister, Iwanaga-hime.

However, Ninigi-no-Mikoto sent back the unattractive Iwanaga-hime and married only the beautiful Konohanasakuya-hime.

This angered Ōyamatsumi, who said that if Ninigi-no-Mikoto had married Iwanaga-hime, his life would have been as eternal as a rock.

However, because he married only Konohanasakuya-hime, his life would be as fleeting as the blossoms of a tree.

This myth explains why the descendants of the heavenly gods, including the emperors, have a finite lifespan.Konohanasakuya-hime became pregnant in one night, but Ninigi-no-Mikoto doubted the child was his.

To prove her fidelity, she entered a birthing hut and set it on fire, declaring that if the child was truly Ninigi-no-Mikoto's, she would give birth safely despite the flames.

She gave birth to three children: Hoderi-no-Mikoto (or Hoakari-no-Mikoto), Hosuseri-no-Mikoto, and Hoori-no-Mikoto. Hoori-no-Mikoto's grandson is Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.In the "Harima Fudoki," she is said to be the wife of Iwa-no-Ōkami (Ōkuninushi).

木花之佐久夜毘賣

Examination

Her real name "Ata" is associated with the region spanning from Noma Peninsula in Minamisatsuma City, Kagoshima Prefecture, to Satsuma Province (western Kagoshima Prefecture). "Kashitsu" is also a place name in Satsuma.Her name is generally associated with plants.

The name Kamuyatatsu-hime means "sacred woman (priestess) of Ata," and the divine name Konohanasakuya-hime is interpreted as "the woman who blooms like cherry blossoms." Cherry blossoms were considered sacred trees, and their blooming and scattering were believed to predict the year's harvest.

The divine name can be interpreted as "Konohanasakuya-hime" if focusing on blooming, or "Konohanachiru-hime" if focusing on scattering.

There is also a theory based on Polynesian languages, where "Kono" is "kau-nui" (large ship), "Hana" is "hana" (labor), and "Sakuya-hime" is "haku wahine" (noblewoman).

Genealogy

She is the daughter of Ōyamatsumi and the younger sister of Iwanaga-hime.

She bore Hoderi-no-Mikoto (Umisachihiko), Hosuseri-no-Mikoto, and Hoori-no-Mikoto (Yamasachihiko) with Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu.Her siblings include Ashinazuchi, Tenazuchi, Kamuyamichi-hime, Konohanachiru-hime, Iwanaga-hime, Amanosagiri-no-Kami, Kuninosagiri-no-Kami, Amanoyamato-no-Kami, Kuniyamato-no-Kami, Amanoyamato-no-Kami, Kuniyamato-no-Kami, Ōtomado-no-Kami, and Ōtomado-no-Kami.

Worship

The deity of Mount Fuji is deified in various forms, one of which is Asama-no-Ōkami (the deity of Fuji), identified as Konohanasakuya-hime.

She is enshrined at Fujisan Hongū Sengen Taisha (Fujinomiya City, Shizuoka Prefecture) and about 1,300 Sengen shrines across Japan.

Historically, there are no ancient or medieval documents identifying the deity of Mount Fuji as Konohanasakuya-hime.

In the early modern period, Hayashi Razan emphasized the tradition that the deity of Mishima Shrine, Ōyamatsumi, was the father of the deity of Fuji, interpreting the myth to establish the authority of Konohanasakuya-hime as the deity of Fuji.

Hori An'an also wrote in 1627 that "the deity of Fuji is Konohanasakuya-hime."Konohanasakuya-hime is also worshipped as a deity of safe childbirth and child-rearing at Koyasu shrines (under the jurisdiction of the Grand Shrine of Ise, in Hachioji City, Tokyo, and Asahi City, Chiba Prefecture), as a sake deity at Umenomiya Taisha (Ukyo Ward, Kyoto City), and at Hosoishi Shrine in Mikumo, Itoshima City, Fukuoka Prefecture, along with her sister Iwanaga-hime.

In sect Shinto, such as Fusōkyō and Jikkōkyō, which worship Mount Fuji, Asama-no-Ōkami or Konohanasakuya-hime is not enshrined; instead, the deities worshipped are Tensō Tenjin or Amenominakanushi-no-Kami.In contrast, the Fuji cult regards the deity of Fuji as Sengen Dainichi-no-Kami, and the descendants of Sengen Dainichi-no-Kami are said to have married Konohanasakuya-hime.