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.
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Toyotama-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology who appears in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. She is the daughter of the sea deity, Watatsumi, and the wife of Hoori. She is known as the paternal grandmother
Tamayori-hime (mother of Jimmu)
…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…
Toyotama-hime with her younger sister Tamayori-hime
Hoori meets Toyotama-hime —illustration by Evelyn Paul