Toyotama-hime

Japanese goddess

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
Toyotama-hime with her younger sister Tamayori-hime
Major cult centreKaijin Shrine
Personal information
SpouseHoori
ChildrenUgayafukiaezu
Parents

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.

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  • Throughout Japanese media, human-dragon hybrids (former on their mother's side as the case with Toyotama) are commonplace, notably in video games such as Popolocrois, Fire Emblem and Breath of Fire.
  • In the Japanese anime Sekirei, there is a Sekirei named Toyotama that fights using a traditional wooden staff.

Family tree

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AmaterasuTakamimusubi
Ame-no-oshihomimiTakuhadachiji-himeŌyamatsumi
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
(天孫)
Konohanasakuya-himeWatatsumi
HoderiHosuseri
(海幸彦)
Hoori
(山幸彦)
Toyotama-himeUtsushihikanasaku [ja]Nurutama-no-mikoto [ja]
Hayato peopleUgayafukiaezuTamayori-himeAzumi peopleOwari clan [ja]
Yamato clan)
Itsuse [ja]InahiMikeiri [ja]Jimmu
Imperial House of Japan
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.

 

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Japanese Mythology & Folklore

Mythic Texts and Folktales:
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Urashima Tarō | Kintarō | Momotarō | Tamamo-no-Mae
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