Ninigi-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 瓊瓊杵尊) is a deity in Japanese mythology. (-no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi...

Hoori no Mikoto), also known as Hikohohodemi no Mikoto (彦火火出見尊), is a figure in Japanese mythology, the third and youngest son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and the...

'no Mikoto' here is an honorific, denoting divinity or royalty. Ugayafukiaezu was a child of Hoori, the son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who was sent...

Ugayafukiaezu. Amaterasu had a son called Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto and through him a grandson named Ninigi-no-Mikoto. She sent her grandson to the Japanese...

Inahi no Mikoto (Japanese: 稲飯命, 741-681 BC according to traditional dating) was a Japanese legendary character. In Japanese traditional mythology, he...

Tamanooya-no-Mikoto (玉祖命), also known as Tamanoya, is a kami from Japanese mythology. He is believed to be the creator of Yasakani no Magatama. Tama-no-iwaya...

Ninigi-no-Mikoto. He also played important roles in the events of the founding of Japan, such as selecting the gods who would tag along with Ninigi and...

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the...

the Yasakani no magatama were hung from a tree to lure out Amaterasu from a cave. They were given to Amaterasu's grandson, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, when he went...

(火須勢理命) is a god that appears in Japanese mythology. Second child of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Konohanasakuya-hime. He is considered to be the great-uncle of...

orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess...

at which Ame-no-Oshihomimi recommends that his son, Hikoho-no-Ninigi-no-Mikoto (日子番能邇邇芸命), be sent instead. Amaterasu bequeaths to Ninigi three sacred...

identified with Ukanomitama and Buddhist deity Dakiniten. Ninigi-no-Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) Commonly called Ninigi, he was the grandson of Amaterasu. His great-grandson...

(天孫降臨) is the descent of Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Heaven (Takamagahara) to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni; according to legend, the direct place...

and long nose. At first he is unwilling to let Ninigi pass until persuaded by Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto, the kami of dance and the arts, whom he later marries...

younger sister of Omoikane. She is the goddess of textiles and mother of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Amenohoakari, and thus an ancestor of Jimmu. The meaning of her...

Minato, Tokyo. It enshrines Ukanomitama (Inari Ōkami), Ame-no-Uzume and Ninigi-no-Mikoto. It was established in 940, the third year of the Tengyō era...

circle. In Japanese mythology, the sacred treasures were bestowed on Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of the goddess Amaterasu, at the advent of Tenson kōrin...

Mikeiri no Mikoto Child: Jimmu Husband: Hori-no-mikoto - Kujiki Son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. Child: Inauguration of Takeshi (Mikoto Takeiki, Mikoto Takekura)-"Kujiki...

Itsuse no Mikoto (Japanese: 彦五瀬命) is a Japanese deity. He was the older brother of Emperor Jimmu. His name means virtue and glory of the imperial throne...

Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi-no-Mikoto from Heaven (Takamagahara) to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni, Ninigi has encountered Ōyama-tsumi's daughter Ko-no-hanasakuya-hime...

Iwa-Naga-hime, instead, but Ninigi had his heart set on Sakuya-hime. Oho-Yama reluctantly agreed and Ninigi and Ko-no-hana married. Because Ninigi refused Iwa-Naga...

daughter of Takamimusubi. He is the grandfather of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended on Ashihara no Nakatsukuni first as a member of the Imperial Family...

fisherman. He is called Hoderi no mikoto (火照命) in the Kojiki, and Ho-no-susori no mikoto (火闌降命) or Ho-no-suseri no mikoto (火酢芹命) in the Nihon Shoki. In...

guarded by the god Sarutahiko Ōkami, who refuses to allow Ninigi-no-Mikoto to descend to earth. Ame-no-Uzume persuades Sarutahiko to relent, and subsequently...

Ninigi-no-Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊), descended from Takamagahara to rule the area. From then on, the emperor, a descendant of Ninigi-no-Mikoto owned Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni...

Mikeiri no Mikoto (Japanese: 三毛入野命, also known as Mikenu, d. 663 BC according to traditional dating) is a Japanese deity. He was the older brother of...

He fell in love with Takuhadachiji-hime, and then later on fathered Ninigi-no-Mikoto. The shrine Nogami-jinja is dedicated to Oshihomimi and his wife. The...

the descent from Heaven (Takamagahara), known as Tenson kōrin, of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, the grandson of Amaterasu. In November, usually on the 10th, the Tenson...

rituals. According to legend, these treasures were brought to Earth by Ninigi-no-Mikoto, legendary ancestor of the Japanese imperial line, when his grandmother...