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Wakahirume is a goddess of the rising sun in Japanese mythology in Shinto mythology.[1] She is the daughter or younger sister of the sun goddess Amaterasu.[2] Some interpretations view her as the personification of the morning sun.[3]
She was involved in making garments for the kami.[4] In some versions Wakahirume was killed when Susanoo threw a flayed pony at her while she was in Amaterasu's weaving hall as written in the Nihongi.[5][2] The goddess also appears in the Jindaiki where the boat returning from Empress Jingū's sankan-gaisei (campaign for the three Korean kingdoms) tried to head to Nanba and could not go straight, they returned to Muko no minato Port (Kobe Port) to do some fortune-telling. Wakahirume no mikoto appeared and there was a divine message, 'I would like to stay in Ikuta Nagao no kuni'. Thus, Unagami no Isachi was ordered to enshrine her. This is today's Ikuta Shrine.
References
edit- ^ Roberts, Jeremy (2009). Japanese Mythology A to Z. Infobase Publishing. p. 122. ISBN 978-1-4381-2802-3.
- ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Wakahirume". Eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Aston, W. G. (2019-09-25). Shinto: The Ancient Religion of Japan - W.G. Aston - Google Books. BoD – Books on Demand. p. 26. ISBN 9783734072598. Retrieved 2021-03-07.
- ^ Jordan, Michael (2014-05-14). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. Infobase Publishing. p. 346. ISBN 978-1-4381-0985-5.
- ^ Coulter, Charles Russell; Turner, Patricia (2013-07-04). Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities. Routledge. p. 503. ISBN 978-1-135-96390-3.
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