Takuhadachiji-hime

Takuhata Tachigihime-no-mikoto is a goddess who appears in Japanese mythology.

Overview

In the "Kojiki" (Records of Ancient Matters), the name is Yorozuhata Toyoakitsuhime no Mikoto, in the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan) it is Yorozuhata Senshihime no Mikoto, and in the other books it is Takuhata Tachihime Yorozuhime no Mikoto, Ame-no-Yorozu Takuhatahime no Mikoto, Takuhata Senshihime no Mikoto, and Hinohata Hime Kochichihime no Mikoto.

In the name of the deity, "Manhata" is interpreted as "a lot of fabric," "Yutaka" as "a lot," "Akitsu" as "something as thin and fine as a dragonfly's wing," and "Shi" as "an engineer" (weaver), and the name is thought to be "an engineer who makes something as thin and fine as a dragonfly's wing with a lot of fabric.。[1]

Description in mythology

Appears in the Kuni-yuzuri and Tenson kōrin stages.

In the Kojiki and the second, sixth, seventh, and eighth books of the Nihonshoki, she is the daughter of Takamimusubi[2](Takagi). In the first book of the Chronicles of Japan, she is the sister of Omoikane (Shinto)-Shikane no Mikoto, and in the sixth book, she is said to be the son of Takamimusubi, the grandson of Takamimusubi. She married Ame-no-oshihomimi-no-mikoto, son of Amaterasu, and gave birth to Amenohimei-no-mikoto and Ninigi-no-mikoto.

Major shrines enshrining the goddess Obata Senzenmikoto

References
  1. Shincho Japanese Classic Collection Kojiki
  2. Tamio Tobe, "Profile of the Eight Million Gods, Japanese Spirits," Shinkigensha , pp. 286,287.
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