Deity Chijin Godai
Ninigi
天津彥彥火瓊瓊杵尊 zh 天津彦彦火瓊瓊杵尊 ja 니니기 ko
Shinto god
- Child of Ame no Oshihomimi and Takuhadachijihime
- Consort of Konohanasakuyahime
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Ninigi
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 9
Kinship in an account 9
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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child of (child) Ame no Oshihomimi kami -
child of (child) Takuhadachijihime Goddess of Weaving - parent of (father) Hoderi Japanese mythological character
- parent of (father) Honoakari
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parent of (father) Hoori mythical character - parent of (father) Hosuseri god in Japanese mythology
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partner of (spouse) Konohanasakuyahime Kami - sibling of Hoakari Japanese deity
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sibling of Nigihayahi Japanese deity
Connections
How Ninigi connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 2
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Succession in office 1
What this means
Who held an office after whom. Not parentage, not discipleship, and not universally recognised — offices are contested.
Does not imply recognition by every tradition · an uncontested claim
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 3
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
12 statements on this record
- 7 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 5 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
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- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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