Tamayorihime is a woman who appears in

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. She is known as the mother of

Himetataraisuzu-hime ."Japanese God Name Dictionary" p320 "Himetataraisuzu Himetataraisuzu" 『日本神名辞典』p320「比売多多良伊須気余理比売」 is a Japanese goddess, a mythological figure in the '' Nihon Shoki'' (Chronicles of Japan), the first ...

, the first empress of Japan, , a distant ancestor of the , Kamigamo the deity of

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. She is also known as Princess Mishima-Mizo, Seiyadatarahihime, Katsutamayori-biyorihime and Kimikahihime. She is the daughter of Kamo Kenkakumimikoto (Yatagarasu), and has an elder brother Kamo Ken Tamayorihiko (the founder of the

Kamo clan is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of northeastern Kyoto. The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century found ...

) A system in which two parties (in this case brother and sister) rule in pairs, as in the case of Tamayorihime and Tamayorihiko, is known as the Himehiko system.

Record

In the following, the person's name in boldface is Tamagushihime.

Yamashiro Country Fudoki

According to the Yamashiro Country Fudoki, Kamo no Kenkakumimikoto married Iga Koyahime, a goddess of

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, and had two children, Tamayohihime (a distant ancestor of the

) and Tamayohihime. When Tamayorihime was playing by the Ishikawasemi Stream, a Taninuri arrow (an incarnation of the

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) came down from the river. When she took it and placed it on the floor, Tamayorihime became pregnant and gave birth to a child. The child was named Kamo Bessarai-no-mikoto, after Kamo Kenkakumimikoto. Kamo Kenkakumimikoto and Tamayorihime are the deities of the Kamo Ancestral Shrine and Kamo Bessarai-no-mikoto is the deity of the Kamo Bessaraijin Shrine. These two shrines are collectively known as the Kamo Shrine. In relation to this, there are Kamo and Kamo shrines in various parts of Japan.

Nihon Shoki and Jishiki Honki

In the sixth book of the eighth section of the Nihon Shoki,

Kotoshironushi , also known as is a Shinto ''kami''. In the ''Kojiki'', Kotoshironushi is the son of Ōkuninushi, the earthly deity of Izumo province. When the heavenly deities sent Takemikazuchi to conquer Izumo, Ōkuninushi deferred the decision over whether ...

is described as Mata ku, meaning Kotoshironushi, and Wani (dragon), meaning Crocodile. or Princess Tamagushi). (or ''Tamagushi-hime''), and that the child born to her was

(Empress of

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, Tsumihae Kotoshironushi-no-kami became an eight-legged bear crocodile and attended to the daughter of Mishima no Mizokui, Ikutama-yori-hime, and gave birth to the following three children. * Ame-no-higatakushi-higata-no-mikoto (Ata-Tokushini-no-mikoto) *: During the reign of

Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and ''Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Kamo clan is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of northeastern Kyoto. The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century found ...

. *

was the empress of

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and others. * Isuzuyorihime no Mikoto *: Empress of Suizei and mother of

Emperor Annei , also known as was the third legendary emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Annei is known as a "lege ...

Jimmu-Ansei-tennouki, Jimmu-tennouki, Tennou-honki

According to the

Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and '' Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Nihon Shoki, a man (name unknown) tells the Emperor, "The child born to Kotoshiroushi, the woman Tamagushihime of Mishima-mizoosokusei-mimi, is called

. This is a man of outstanding national beauty.

Emperor Suizei , also known as , was the second legendary emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession. Very little is known about this Emperor due to a lack of material available for further verification and study. Suizei is known as a "le ...

is said to have said. According to the

was the daughter of Kotoshironushi. According to Emperor Anei, Isuzuyori-hime is also the daughter of Kotoshironushi. According to the

Kujiki , or , is a historical Japanese text. It was generally believed to have been one of the earliest Japanese histories until the middle of the Edo period, when scholars such as Tokugawa Mitsukuni and Tada Yoshitoshi successfully contended that it was ...

book 7, a person (name unknown) told Emperor Jinmu "It is said that the woman who gave birth to Tamagushihime, the daughter of the god Mishima-mizookusokidokemimi, was called Ehime-stuutoukane-Isuzuhime. Her name is Ehime Mitsuru Isuzuhime, and she is a person of great national beauty. It is said that he said, "This is a man of great national beauty. It is said that Isuzuyori-hime and Isuzuyori-hime are daughters of Kotoshironushi. According to the

Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and '' Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Kojiki The , also sometimes read as or , is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the , and the Japanese imperia ...

, when Emperor Jimmu sought a beautiful woman to be his wife, Okume-no-mikoto said "Here is a woman, a princess, who is called the Son of God. The reason for calling her the divine Son is that she was a woman from Mishimasakoyaokui, named ''Seiyadatara-hime'', who was so beautiful in appearance that Omononushi of the Miwa saw her, and when she was passing urine, she turned into a tannin arrow. And when she was taking a stool, she turned into an arrow and pierced her

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Then the beauty was surprised, and stood and ran. And when he had taken the arrow and placed it on the floor, he immediately became a handsome man, and married her and had children with her. His name is

. Her name is also called

. This is why she is called the daughter of God. He is said to have said.

Emperor Sujin Chronicle and Emperor Sujin Chronicle

According to the

Emperor Sujin , also known as in the ''Kojiki'', and or in the '' Nihon Shoki'' was the tenth Emperor of Japan. While Sujin is the first emperor whose existence historians widely accept, he is still referred to as a "legendary emperor" due to a lack of info ...

section of the Chronicles of Japan, the emperor asked Otadaneko, who was at Toh-eup in the province of black porgy, "Whose son art thou? Who is your son? "''My father is Omononushi,'' he said. The mother is called Katsutamayorihime. She is the woman of Tōtsumimi. And she is said to have said According to the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), the emperor asked Yitutadaro, who was in the village of Mitumu in Kawachi, "Whose son art thou? Who is your son? "I am the son of Kushimikata-no-mikoto, the son of Iyashikasumi-no-mikoto, the son of Tatemikazuchi-no-mikoto. The name is the son of Kushimikata-no-mikoto, the son of Iikagasumi-no-mikoto, the son of Tatemikazuchi-no-mikoto. In the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), it is written as follows. "The reason why this man is known as the son of a god is that he is a goddess of beauty. The reason why he is known as the son of the gods is because he is the one who is said to be the goddess of life. In the middle of the night, he suddenly appears. The two of them feel each other's presence, and they marry and live together for many years, until they become pregnant with a beautiful woman. Then her father and mother, suspicious of her fertility, asked her: 'Thou art pregnant of thy own accord. How can you conceive without a husband? She replied: "I have a beautiful husband. I do not know his name. He comes every evening, and during the time he lives here, he naturally conceives. It is said. Therefore, in order to know his mother and father, he told the woman: "Scatter red earth in front of the floor, and pierce the navel with a needle, and stick it into the brocade of his garment. And pierce the brocade with a needle. When the time came, the hemp on the needle had passed through the hookhole of the door, and only three strips of hemp remained. Knowing that he was the son of a god, he came to

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and remained there until he reached the

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. I do not know that he is the son of that god. It is called Miwa because of the three strands of hemp that remain. This life of Yifutadaro is the ancestor of the

Shrine Lore

The origin of

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is said to date back to the time when Princess Tamayori, riding a yellow boat up the

Yodo River The , also called the Seta River (瀬田川 ''Seta-gawa'') and the Uji River (宇治川 ''Uji-gawa'') at portions of its route, is the principal river in Osaka Prefecture on Honshu, Japan. The source of the river is Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefectur ...

Kamo River The is located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The riverbanks are popular walking spots for residents and tourists. In summer, restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. There are walkways running alongside the river, and some stepping ...

and Kifune River, landed in this area to worship

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Theories

The story of the divine marriage between the sun and the moon in the Kojiki is similar to that in the Tosa Kokufudoki, and is classified as the Miwasan divine marriage story (see below, p.136). The motif of the story is that the moon (elder brother) falls in love with the sun (younger sister) and tries to find out the identity of the lover who comes to visit at night. The motif of the story is that the sun dipped the lover's face in soot, and in the morning the brother's face was covered with soot.

References

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