Ninigi-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 瓊瓊杵尊) is a deity in Japanese mythology. (-no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi...

Hoori no Mikoto), also known as Hikohohodemi no Mikoto (彦火火出見尊), is a figure in Japanese mythology, the third and youngest son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and the...

Prefecture and his father was the original ruler of the earth until Ninigi-no-Mikoto was sent down to replace him. Akabeko A red cow involved in the construction...

'no Mikoto' here is an honorific, denoting divinity or royalty. Ugayafukiaezu was a child of Hoori, the son of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who was sent...

Tamanooya-no-Mikoto (玉祖命), also known as Tamanoya, is a kami from Japanese mythology. He is believed to be the creator of Yasakani no Magatama. Tama-no-iwaya...

(火須勢理命) is a god that appears in Japanese mythology. Second child of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Konohanasakuya-hime. He is considered to be the great-uncle of...

Ugayafukiaezu. Amaterasu had a son called Ame no Oshihomimi no Mikoto and through him a grandson named Ninigi-no-Mikoto. She sent her grandson to the Japanese...

Ninigi-no-Mikoto. He also played important roles in the events of the founding of Japan, such as selecting the gods who would tag along with Ninigi and...

Ame-no-Uzume-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 天宇受売命, 天鈿女命) is the goddess of dawn, mirth, meditation, revelry and the arts in the Shinto religion of Japan, and the...

orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess...