Princess Okitsushima - Princess Okitsushima

Japanese: 瀛津嶋姫命 - おきつしまひめのみこと
Princess Okitsushima - Princess Okitsushima

…〈Kori〉 is an alternative form of Kiri, and 〈Ta〉 may be related to rice field. She is also called Okitsushimahime because she lives on Oki Island in the Genkai Sea. In one of the books of the 《Nihon Shoki》, it is written that Amaterasu commanded the three goddesses to help the 《grandson of heaven》 in the 《path》, and the three goddesses were named 《Chinushi no Muchi》. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Otsushimahime-no-Mikoto" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…〈コリ〉はキリの交替形で〈タ〉は田と関係するか。玄界灘にある沖島に坐(いま)すところから瀛津嶋姫(おきつしまひめ)命ともいう。《日本書紀》の一書には,アマテラスが3女神に〈道〉の中にあって〈天孫〉を助けよと命じ,3神は〈道主貴(ちぬしのむち)〉と命名されたことが記されている。…

※「瀛津嶋姫命」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Okitsu-shuku

>>:  Okitsu-shi

Recommend

Cardoso, M.

…The main composers of the 16th century were the ...

Fernando VI

1713‐59 King of Spain. Reigned 1746-59. He appoint...

Kobe [town] - Godo

A town in Anpachi County in the southwest of Gifu ...

Zhu Xiān Zhèn (English spelling)

A commercial town that flourished during the Ming ...

Terebella ehrenbergi (English spelling)

… The Loimia medusa is called Dobemushi in Fukuok...

Medici, GGde' (English spelling) MediciGGde

...An Italian financial conglomerate that flouris...

Harunotsuji ruins

Yayoi period settlement ruins in Ashibe-machi and ...

Nakanushi [town] - Chuzu

An old town in the Yasu River delta on the southea...

Abū al‐Aswad

?-A poet from the Arab Duyir tribe around 681. He ...

Abu Grab - Abu Grab

...During the Fifth Dynasty, several sun temples ...

More, Sir Thomas

Born: 7 February 1478, London Died July 6, 1535, L...

Sulfuric ester - sulfuric ester

A general term for compounds in which one or two h...

Live wire cleaning

…Even in substations, live-line work is sometimes...

Galician-Portuguese (English spelling)

... Muslim rule of the peninsula began in the ear...

Photo - Oshashin

...This refers to photographs of the emperor from...