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Tamayori-hime (mother of Jimmu)

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Not to be confused with Tamakushi-hime.
Tamayori-hime
Genealogy
Parents
ConsortUgayafukiaezu
ChildrenJimmu, Itsuse no Mikoto, Inahi, Mikeiri no Mikoto

Tamayori-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology. Her name is spelled as 玉依毘売命 in the Kojiki and 玉依姫 in the Nihon Shoki.

Tamayori-hime is the daughter of the sea-dragon god Watatsumi and the younger sister of Toyotama-hime. When Toyotama-hime abandoned her husband Hoori, she sent Tamayori-hime to care for their son Ugayafukiaezu, although in the Nihon Shoki version of the legend, Tamayori-hime accompanies her sister to the human world when she was about to give birth.[1] When the child grew up, he married his aunt, who bore him four children, the youngest of which became Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.[2]

Summary

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She is the mother of Emperor Jimmu (the first Emperor) and the sister of Toyotama-hime, the Emperor's grandmother. Toshio Akima of the International Research Centre for Japanese Studies considers it more likely that Tamayori-hime is not the sister of Toyotama-hime, but that the two should be considered as aspects of the same, single deity.[1]

The word tamayori-hime is a generic term for shamanesses who dedicated their lives exclusively to their deities. The Japanese folklorist Kunio Yanagita espoused the view that tamayori-hime means "a consecrated women to whom a spirit descends" and that the intimate relationships between the two helped generate belief in mother-son pair deities.[3] In addition, since the line of succession is based on grain spirits, and the sons of Tamayorihime are also named Gose no mikoto (厳稲の命), Inahiron no mikoto (稲氷の命), Mogonuma no mikoto (御食主の命), and Wakamogonuma no mikoto (若御食主の命), it is thought that they were priestesses who possessed grain spirits.[4]

Miyaura Shrine (Miyazaki Prefecture Nichinan City) is said to be the site of Tamayorihime's residence.[5] There is also a place in Miyazaki Prefecture Nichinan City that is said to be the mausoleum of Princess Tamayori.[5]

At the Ryūkomyō Shrine [ja], she is considered the ancestor of the Kaijin Tribe, which unites Ryujin, and the princess herself is worshipped as Ryujin.[6]

Genealogy

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According to the Kiki, her father is Watatsumi. Her mother's name is unknown but her older sister is Toyotama-hime. The Yamato Shukune [ja] and Uminao genealogies in the Hyakuke Genealogy and the Shukune and Uminao genealogies in the Shukune and Uminao have Utsushihikanasaku [ja] (Hotakami-no-mikoto, ancestor of the Azumi people) and Furutama-no-mikoto [ja] (ancestor of the Owari Kuni-no-miyatsuko, Yamato no Kuni no Miyatsuko, etc.) as brothers. However, it is believed that Toyotama-hime and Tamayori-hime were sisters who became the wives of Hienori-no-mikoto, and based on genealogical comparisons with other clans, there is a theory that they were actually daughters rather than sisters of Utsushihikkinasei-no-mikoto.[7][8] (see below).

Different theories

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  • Husband: Hori-no-mikoto - Kujiki
    Son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto.
    • Child: Inauguration of Takeshi (Mikoto Takeiki, Mikoto Takekura)-"Kujiki Kujiki"
      The ancestor of Oya Kuni-no-miyatsuko . However, in " Kujiki Shinsen", Kunigami is treated as a territory, and in various genealogy, it is a child of Tamayori-hime's brother, Nunodome Tamayori.[9] The article in "Kujiki Kunigami" seems to be a misrepresentation。

Family tree

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Amaterasu[10]Takamimusubi[11][12][13]
Ame-no-oshihomimi[10]Takuhadachiji-hime[11][12][13][14][15][16]Ōyamatsumi[17][18]
Ninigi-no-Mikoto[14][15][16][10][19]
（天孫）		Konohanasakuya-hime[17][18]Watatsumi[20][21][22][23]
Hoderi[17][18][24]Hosuseri[17][18]
（海幸彦）		Hoori[17][18][19]
（山幸彦）		Toyotama-hime[20]Utsushihikanasaku [ja][21][22][23][25]Furutama-no-mikoto [ja]
Tensori no Mikoto [ja][24]Ugayafukiaezu[19][26]Tamayori-hime[20]Azumi people[25]（Owari clan
Yamato clan)
Hayato people[24]Itsuse[26]Inahi[26]Mikeiri[26]Jimmu[26]Ahiratsu-hime[27]
Imperial House of JapanTagishimimi[28][29][30][27]
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.

Examination

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According to the Chronicles, Tamayori Biyori-no-mikoto's husband, Ukusabifune no Mikoto, was the grandson of Emperor Ninigi-no-mikoto, and Emperor Jimmu was his great-grandson. However, if we compare the generations of those who accompanied the descendants of the gods [ja] with those involved in the Jimmu East Expedition, we find that the Nakatomi-ren, Imbibe shu, Kume nao, and other related clans are always grandfather and grandson, and only the imperial lineage is somehow one generation older. However, intergenerational marriages between nephews and their aunts are rare and cannot be said to be a regular occurrence, and even in the few cases where they have occurred, there has never been a marriage with a mother's younger half-sister. This has led some to believe that the genealogy of Ukusa-thatching-furinushi-no-mikoto and Emperor Jimmu is a corruption of the tradition of sister marriages common among horsemen, and that Toyotamabihime and Tamayoribihime were sisters who married Hoori, with the former giving birth to Ugayafukiaezu and the latter to Emperor Jimmu and his siblings. According to this theory, Ukusabufurinushi-no-mikoto and Emperor Jimmu were both sons of Hiotorinushi-no-mikoto, making them half-brothers, and the number of generations is consistent with those of other related authors.[31]

Records

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Kojiki

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According to Kojiki, Toyotama-hime left her child (Ugayafukiaezu) after giving birth, but later sent her sister, Tamayoribirinomikoto, to offer her a song and provide for her child. Later, Ukagusabuhuri-no-mikoto married Tamayoribihime and had four children with her.

Nihon Shoki

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According to the Nihon Shoki, Toyotama-hime came to the seashore from the sea to give birth to her child with Hoori, a thatch-thatched goddess, but at this time Toyotama-hime was accompanied by her sister, Tamayori-hime. Later, Tamayorihime became the consort of nephew of the goddess of thatched roofs (from Tamayorihime's point of view) and gave birth to four children.

According to the first sentence of the tenth section, after giving birth to her child, Toyotama-hime returned to the sea, leaving her child behind.

According to the third book, Toyotama-hime left her child at sea after giving birth, but later sent Tamayor-ihime to give a song to Fire Ori and nourish the king.

In the fourth book of the same name, the story goes that Toyotama-hime took the child in her arms and left for the sea after giving birth, but later sent Tamayori-hime to take the child in her arms and send her back to land.

The Old Chronicle of the First Age

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According to the Old History of Japan, Toyotamahime-no-mikoto gave birth to a child, a child of Hiori-no-mikoto, and then left the child in her arms and went to the sea (or let Tamayori-hime-no-mikoto take care of the child and leave, and later let Tamayori-hime-no-mikoto take the child and send it to land). Later, Toyotama-hime no Mikoto sent Tamayorihime no Mikoto to give a song to Hiori no Mikoto, and have her feed the infant Kusabufuri no Mikoto. It was at this time that Tamayorihime no Mikoto and Hiori no Mikoto were born. Later, Tamayorihime-no-mikoto became the wife of the Goddess of Arms, whom she had nurtured, and gave birth to four children.

Shrines to worship

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See also

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Hyuga mythological lineage

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Yahata belief system

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References

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