Konohanasakuya-hime’s Family Tree

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Family

• Ninigi(spouse),Hoderi(child),Hoori(child),Hosuseri(child)— Marriage

  Ninigi married Konohanasakuya-hime after his heavenly descent. She proved their sons' divine paternity by giving birth in a burning hut. Their children — Hoderi (Fire-Shine), Hosuseri, and Hoori (Fire-Fade) — continued the imperial lineage.

• Oyamatsumi(parent),Iwanagahime(sibling)

  Ōyamatsumi, the great mountain god, fathered Iwanagahime and her younger sister Konohanasakuya-hime — the Rock-Long Princess and the Blossom Princess, embodying permanence and fleeting beauty.

Associated with

• Iwanagahime,Ninigi,Oyamatsumi

  Ōyamatsumi offered both daughters to Ninigi: Iwanagahime (immortality) and Konohanasakuya-hime (beauty). Ninigi chose only Konohanasakuya-hime, and Ōyamatsumi declared his descendants would live lives as brief as cherry blossoms.

• Ninigi

  When Ninigi doubted the divine paternity of Konohanasakuya-hime's children, she set fire to the birthing hut, declaring that if the children were truly his they would survive. All three sons emerged unharmed from the flames.