Ninigi

Grandson of Amaterasu who descended from heaven bearing the imperial regalia.

Parentage

• parent: Amaterasu

Children

• Hoderi
• Hoori

Domains

• sovereignty

Powers

• Descend from heaven to rule the land

Epithets

• 邇邇芸命 japanese · Ninigi-no-MikotoHonorific Kojiki form of the heavenly grandson who descendedKojiki, Book 1 (Tenson kōrin) (primary)
• 天津日高日子番能邇邇芸命 japanese · Amatsuhiko-hikoho-no-Ninigi-no-MikotoFull ceremonial name 'Heaven-Sun-High Prince Rice-Ear Ninigi'Kojiki, Book 1 (primary)
• 天饒石国饒石天津日高彦火瓊瓊杵尊 japanese · Ame-nigishi-kuni-nigishi-amatsuhiko-hiko-ho-no-ninigi-no-MikotoFull Nihon Shoki ceremonial name of the heavenly descendantNihon Shoki, Jindai (primary)

Relations

• spouse: Konohanasakuya-himeReciprocal of japanese_konohanasakuya_hime.spouse — Blossom-princess wife of the heavenly-descended Ninigi; bears the fire-birth sons ancestral to the imperial line.Kojiki I (Ninigi weds Konohanasakuya-hime at Cape Kasasa); Nihon Shoki II (primary)

Sources

• existence: Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE (primary); Nihon Shoki, vol. 1, 720 CE (primary)