Tamakushi-hime (玉櫛媛, タマクシヒメ) also known as Mishimanomizokui-hime (三嶋溝熾姫, ミシマノミゾクイヒメ) and Seyadatarahime (セヤダタラヒメ), is a feminine deity who appears in
Japanese mythology
Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of years of contac ...
. She is known as the mother of
Himetataraisuzu-hime, the first empress of Japan,
Kamo no Okimi, a distant ancestor of the
Miwa clan, Kamigamo the deity of
Kamigamo Shrine. She is also known as Princess Mishima-Mizo, Seiyadatarahihime, Katsutamayori-biyorihime and Kimikahihime.
Kojiki narrative
According to the
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 ...
Ōmononushi had taken the form of a red arrow and struck Seyadatara-hime's genitals while she was
defecating in a ditch. She bore a daughter after she was impregnated by
Ōmononushi
Ōmononushi (; Historical kana orthography, historical orthography: ''Ohomononushi'') is a ''kami'' in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa (also known as Mount Mimoro) in Sakurai, Nara, Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. He is closely linked in ...
, and that daughter was named . Her name was later changed to
Himetataraisuzu-hime and some other names to avoid the
taboo
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word ).
Nihon Shoki narrative
Like the ''Kojiki'', the main narrative of the first volume of the ''
Nihon Shoki
The or , sometimes translated as ''The Chronicles of Japan'', is the second-oldest book of classical Japanese history. It is more elaborate and detailed than the , the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeol ...
'' first describes
Himetataraisuzu-hime as the offspring of the god of Ōmononushi. However, the ''Nihon Shoki'' also contains an alternative story which portrays her as the child of the god and the goddess - also known as - conceived after Kotoshironushi transformed himself into a gigantic ''
wani'' and had sex with her. Likewise, the main narrative in the third and fourth volumes of ''Nihon Shoki'' refer to her as the daughter of Kotoshironushi rather than Ōmononushi.
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History of Osaka Prefecture
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