
Deity
Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki section on Ninigi's marriage.
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Bride of Ninigi from the Kojiki (712 CE); head deity of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha.
Description
Konohana-no-Sakuya-bime (木花之佐久夜毘売) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on the marriage of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. She is the daughter of Oyamatsumi-no-Kami, and the consort of Ninigi-no-Mikoto. She bore Hoderi (Umisachihiko), Hosuseri, and Hoori (Yamasachihiko), making her a maternal ancestor in the imperial line. She is venerated as the principal deity at Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha in Shizuoka, the head shrine of all Sengen shrines nationwide. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
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Sources
木花之佐久夜毘売 このはなのさくやびめ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」木花之佐久夜毘売。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/konohananosakuyabime/コノハナノサクヤビメ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
木花之佐久夜毘売(コノハナノサクヤビメ)について、ニニギとの婚姻と火中出産の試練、富士山信仰・浅間神社の主祭神としての位置を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8E%E3%83%8F%E3%83%8A%E3%83%8E%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AF%E3%83%A4%E3%83%93%E3%83%A1
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