Konohanachiru-hime

Konohanachiru-hime is a Japanese goddess^{[2]: 277–278}.^[3]

Konohanachiru-hime
Genealogy
Parents	Oyamatsumi[1][2]: 277–278  (father)
Consort	Yashimajinumi[2]: 277–278
Children	Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][1][2]: 277–278

Her name means "Blossoms-of- the-Trees-Falling-Princess".^[4]

According to the Kojiki she is the spouse of Yashimajinumi and daughter of Ōyamatsumi^{[1][2]: 277–278} and thus and the mother of Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja]^{[2]: 277–278} She is an ancestress of Ōkuninushi.^{[5][2]: 277–278}

Her sister is Konohanasakuya-hime^[6] the volcano goddess worshipped at Sengen shrines^[7] and wife of Ninigi^[8][9]

While the Kojiki covers this narrative of the ancestry of Okuninushi.^{[10][11][12]: 29–30} The Nihon Shoki on the other hand omits the entire narrative of the ancestry of Okuninushi from Susanoo and has him as a direct son, skipping the section where Konohanachiru-hime is mentioned,^{[13][12]: 29–30} however it references the Kojiki alternative narrative.^[14]

The Yu-Gi-Oh! card Chirubimé is based on her.^[15]

Family tree

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Ōyamatsumi[16][17][18]

Susanoo[19][20][21]: 277

Kamuo Ichihime[17][18][22][23]

Konohanachiru-hime[24][21]: 277

Ashinazuchi[25][26]

Tenazuchi[26]

Toshigami[23][22]

Ukanomitama[17][18] (Inari)[27]

Oyamakui[28]

Kushinadahime[26][29][21]: 277

Yashimajinumi[24][21]: 277

Kagutsuchi[30]

Kuraokami[31]

Hikawahime [ja][32][21]: 278

Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][21]: 278

Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja][21]: 278

Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja][21]: 278

Funozuno [ja][21]: 278

Sashikuni Okami [ja][21]: 278

Omizunu[21]: 278

Futemimi [ja][21]: 278

Sashikuni Wakahime [ja][21]: 278

Ame-no-Fuyukinu[33][34][21]: 278

Takamimusubi[35][36]

Futodama[35][36]

Nunakawahime[37]

Ōkuninushi[38][21]: 278  (Ōnamuchi)[39]

Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto[40]

Kotoshironushi[41][42]

Tamakushi-hime[40]

Takeminakata[43][44]

Susa Clan[45]

JAPANESE EMPERORS

711–585 BC Jimmu[46] 660–585 BC(1)

Himetataraisuzu-hime[46]

Kamo no Okimi[41][47]

Mirahime [ja]

632–549 BC Suizei[48][49][50] 581–549 BC(2)

Isuzuyori-hime[47][51]

Hikoyai[48][49][50]

Kamuyaimimi[48][49][50] d.577 BC

Miwa clan and Kamo clan

Nunasokonakatsu-hime[52][41]

Imperial House of Japan

Ō clan[53][54] and Aso clan[55]

• Pink is female.
• Blue is male.
• Grey means other or unknown.
• Clans, families, people groups are in green.

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