Ninigi
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Amatsuhiko-hiko-hono-ninigi-no-mikoto
or , is a god in Japanese mythology. (no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi is the specific god's name.) Grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu, Ninigi is regarded according to Japanese mythology as the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor, Emperor Jimmu. The three sacred treasures brought with Ninigi from Heaven and divine ancestry established the Japanese Imperial Family. The three generations of kami starting with Ninigi are sometimes referred to as the Three Generations of Hyūga, they are said to represent a transitional period between the
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Within Vinony's link graph, Ninigi is referenced by 219 other articles, and connects out to Tenson Kōrin, Ame no Uzume and Sarutahiko Ōkami.
It sits within the topics Amatsukami, Japanese gods and Legendary progenitors.
Its subject is documented across 24 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Shinto
- Deity.name
- Ninigi
- Deity.father
- Ame no Oshihomimi
- Deity.mother
- Takuhadachijihime
- Deity.siblings
- Nigihayahi (brother)
- Deity.consorts
- Sakuyahime (wife)
- Deity.image
- 300px
- Deity.caption
- Ninigi courting Sakuyahime, by Rinkyo, 1906
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- amatsukami
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Spouse
- Konohanasakuyahime
- Child
- Hoori
- Father
- Ame no Oshihomimi
- Mother
- Takuhadachijihime
- Sibling
- Hoakari
- Occupation
- monarch
- Participant in
- Tenson Kōrin
- Image
- Ninigi and Sakuyahime.jpg
- Residence
- Takachiho Shrine
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- name in kana
- あまつひこほのににきのみこと
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- Ninigi-no-Mikoto
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Myths
- Birth
- Sent to rule
- Descent to earth
- Loss of immortality
- Birth of Ninigi’s children
- Death
- Family
- Children
- Worship of Ninigi
- Shrines
- References
or , is a god in Japanese mythology. (no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi is the specific god's name.) Grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu, Ninigi is regarded according to Japanese mythology as the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor, Emperor Jimmu. The three sacred treasures brought with Ninigi from Heaven and divine ancestry established the Japanese Imperial Family. The three generations of kami starting with Ninigi are sometimes referred to as the Three Generations of Hyūga, they are said to represent a transitional period between the heavenly kami and the first emperor.
== Name and etymology == Ninigi-no-Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) means "The Great God Ninigi". Another name of his is Ame-nigishi-kuni-nigishi-amatsuhiko-hiko-ho-no-ninigi-no-Mikoto (天邇岐志国邇岐志天津日高日子番能邇邇芸命) or "The Great God Ninigi, of the Imperial State, The Child of the Sun of Many Talents". Ninigi is speculated to be translated as "beloved jeweled mallet".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ninigi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.