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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-hime 豊玉姫 | |
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Spouse | Hoori |
Children | Ugayafukiaezu |
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.
Amaterasu | Takamimusubi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ame-no-oshihomimi | Takuhadachiji-hime | Ōyamatsumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ninigi-no-Mikoto (天孫) | Konohanasakuya-hime | Watatsumi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hoderi | Hosuseri (海幸彦) | Hoori (山幸彦) | Toyotama-hime | Utsushihikanasaku | Nurutama-no-mikoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hayato people | Ugayafukiaezu | Tamayori-hime | Azumi people | (Owari clan Yamato clan) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Itsuse | Inahi | Mikeiri | Jimmu | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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