Yamatohime-no-mikoto

Japanese: 倭姫命 - やまとひめのみこと
Yamatohime-no-mikoto

A princess of Emperor Suinin. Her mother was Empress Hibasuhime. In the 25th year of Emperor Suinin's reign, she served Amaterasu Omikami in Kasanui-no-mura, Yamato, instead of Toyosukiirihime-no-mikoto, the daughter of Emperor Sujin. In search of a better place to enshrine her, she passed through Iga, Omi, Mino, and Owari, before moving to Isuzu-kawakami in Ise Province. Also, during the reign of Emperor Keiko, when Yamato Takeru no Mikoto stopped in Ise on his way to the east, it is said that the gods provided him with the Kusanagi sword and warned him to be cautious and not negligent, thus saving him from peril. The site of her traditional tomb is currently in Yamato-machi, Ise City, Mie Prefecture, and Yamatohime-gu Shrine was built in 1923 (Taisho 12) as one of the auxiliary shrines of the Ise Grand Shrine of Ise.

[Junichi Kamata]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

垂仁(すいにん)天皇の皇女。母は皇后日葉酢媛命(ひばすひめのみこと)。垂仁天皇25年、それまで倭(やまと)の笠縫邑(かさぬいのむら)で天照大神(あまてらすおおみかみ)を奉斎していた崇神(すじん)天皇の皇女豊鍬入姫命(とよすきいりひめのみこと)にかわって奉仕、さらによい鎮座地を求めて伊賀、近江(おうみ)、美濃(みの)、尾張(おわり)を経て伊勢(いせ)国五十鈴(いすず)川上に遷座したと伝承される。また、景行(けいこう)天皇の時代に日本武尊(やまとたけるのみこと)が東征の途中伊勢に寄ったとき、神意を受け草薙剣(くさなぎのつるぎ)を授け、「慎みて怠ることなかれ」と戒めて尊の危急を救ったと伝承される。現在三重県伊勢市倭町にその御陵伝承地があり、皇大神宮別宮の一として倭姫宮が1923年(大正12)創建された。

[鎌田純一]

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