Yagamihime
deity single tradition · 1
Yagamihime is a deity from the land of Inaba. The yasokami and Ōnamuji were suitors seeking her hand in marriage. She chooses to wed Ōnamuji-no-Kami.
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 712
- Historical notes
- Documented in the Kojiki.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Suseribime, Nunakawahime, Takiribime-no-Mikoto, Kamuyatatehime-no-Mikoto, Torimimi-no-Kami, Ōkuninushi, Wani, yasokami, Yachihoko-no-Kami
- consort of
- Ōnamuji-no-Kami
- parent of
- Ki(no)mata-no-Kami
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In accordance with their previous betrothal, he marries Yagamihime and brings her to his palace, but she, fearing Suseribime (who had become Ōkuninushi's chief wife), eventually went back to Inaba, leaving her newborn child wedged in the fork of a tree.”
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