Konohanasakuya-hime
木花咲耶姫
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DEITY · Earth
PWR10
Rare
GRD4
The 'Flower-Blossom' goddess of the earthly realm, daughter of Ōkuninushi, who marries the descending heavenly prince Ninigi and bears the imperial ancestor Hooroni.[S1] [S2]
The Divine Atlas
Earth · japanese pantheon
DA-JPN-009
PRINT SHEET · DA-JPN-009 · Konohanasakuya-hime (Earth, Rare)
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About this card
Konohanasakuya-hime ('Blossoming of the Wood-Flower') is the goddess of flowers and the earthly realm, a daughter of the island god Ōkuninushi [S1]. When the heavenly prince Ninigi descends to the middle land (Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni), she is the first earthly bride he takes; from their union is born (in the genealogy) the line that leads to the imperial ancestor Hooroni [S1]. She embodies the fertile, blossoming earth that the heavenly line is sent to rule. Her name is a poetic compound evoking the flowering of a tree (wood + flower + blossom). [S1][S2]