Ugayafukiaezu
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Ugayafukiaezu no Mikoto is a Shinto kami, and is in Japanese mythology, the father of Japan's first Emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
Toyotama-hime giving birth to Ugayafukiaezu by turning herself into a wani in an 1886 illustration
Ugayafukiaezu shinbutsu zue
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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.
Ugayafukiaezu
…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). Mikeirinu traveled to Tokoyo no kuni, the "Everworld…
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