Figure in Japanese mythology and Shinto
Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto
(
?葺草葺不合命
)
[1]
is a
Shinto
kami
, and is in
Japanese mythology
, the father of Japan's first Emperor,
Emperor Jimmu
.
[2]
Nomenclature and story
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Toyotama-hime giving birth to Ugayafukiaezu by turning herself into a
wani
in an 1886 illustration
In the
Kojiki
, his name appears as
Amatsuhiko Hiko Nagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto
(
天津日高日子波限建?葺草葺不合命
)
,
[1]
and in the
Nihon Shoki
as
Hiko Nagisatake Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto
(
彦波?武??草葺不合尊
)
.
Basil Hall Chamberlain
glossed the
Kojiki
name as "His Augustness Heaven's-Sun-Height-Prince-Wave-limit-Brave-Cormorant-Thatch-Meeting-Incompletely". '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 down by
Amaterasu
to govern the earth (
Ashihara no Nakatsukuni
) (believed to be equivalent to Japan), and of
Toyotama-hime
, a daughter of
Ry?jin
, the dragon
kami
of the sea.
[2]
Although Toyotama-hime became pregnant at the undersea palace of
Ry?g?-j?
, she opted not to bear the child in the ocean and decided to head to shore.
On the shore, her parents attempted to build a house in which she could give birth, and attempted to construct the roof with feathers of the
cormorant
instead of
saw grass
. However, while they were finishing the roof, she went into labor.
And so just as she was about to give birth, she spoke to her husband, saying:
"When their time draws near, people of other lands all give birth in the form of their homeland. So I will now give birth in my original form. Please, I beg you, do not look at me!"
Now, thinking these words strange, he sneaked up and peered in at her just as she was about to give birth.
She had become an enormous sea beast many arm spans in length that was twisting and slithering around on its stomach.
In shock and fright at the sight of her, he immediately fled far away.
[1]
In shame, Toyotama-hime fled, leaving behind her newborn, whom she called Ugayafukiaezu.
[1]
The roof of the birthing hut had not been completely thatched (
fukiaezu
) with cormorant feathers (
ugaya
) when his mother gave birth to him, which explains his name.
Later, when Ugayafukiaezu reached adulthood, he married his aunt,
Tamayori-hime
, and they had four children:
Hikoitsuse
,
Inai
,
Mikeirinu
, and Hikohohodemi (later
Emperor Jimmu
).
[1]
Mikeirinu traveled to
Tokoyo no kuni
, the "Everworld", and Inai went into the ocean to be with his mother. The eldest and youngest set forth to rule the land and while they did so together for a time, after Hikoitsuse died, their youngest became the first ruler.
[1]
Genealogy
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Ugayafukiaezu is in the
Three generations of Hyuga
, a time period between
Tenson k?rin
and
Jimmu's Eastern Expedition
.
[3]
- Red background
is female.
- Green background
means groups
- Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.
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