Deity
Hikawa-Hime
Hikawa-Hime is a deity name attested in the Suga palace passage of Kojiki (712 CE), preserved in the Kokugakuin University deity-name database.
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Hikawa-Hime is a deity name attested in the Suga palace passage of Kojiki (712 CE), preserved in the Kokugakuin deity-name database.
Description
Hikawa-Hime is listed in the Kokugakuin University Classical Cultural Studies Project deity-name database. The source attestation is the Suga palace passage in Kojiki (712 CE) Upper Volume, where the name appears in the chain of the Izumo lineage: she is given as daughter of Okami-no-Kami and consort of Fuwanomojikunusunu-no-Kami, by whom she bears Fukafuchi-no-Mizuyarehana-no-Kami. The database preserves the name with its scene reference. IZANORA registers it as a node and draws relations only from the cited source.
Sources
日河比売 ひかはひめ／ひかわひめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」日河比売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/hikawahime/日河比売 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
『古事記』大国主神段の出雲十七世神系譜で、布波能母遅久奴須奴神の妻として登場する日河比売について、淤加美神を父とする水神系の位置を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%B2%B3%E6%AF%94%E5%A3%B2
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