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.
Oshihomimi and Takuhadachiji-hime are the parents of Ame-no-Hoakari and Ninigi. When Oshihomimi refused to descend to the earthly realm, it was Ninigi who was chosen to establish divine rule below.
Sarutahiko appeared at the crossroads of heaven and earth to guide Ninigi during his heavenly descent to the terrestrial realm.
Ninigi was sent by Amaterasu to establish divine rule over Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni after Okuninushi ceded sovereignty of the earthly realm to heaven's representative.
Amaterasu bestowed the three Imperial Regalia upon Ninigi before his descent from Takamagahara: the Yata no Kagami (mirror), Kusanagi no Tsurugi (sword), and Yasakani no Magatama (jewel), commanding him to rule the earthly realm as she rules heaven.
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.
Amaterasu sent heavenly messengers demanding Okuninushi cede sovereignty of the earthly realm. After negotiation and the threat of force, Okuninushi surrendered the visible world to Ninigi in the kuniyuzuri as told in the Kojiki.
Amaterasu originally chose Oshihomimi to descend and pacify the earthly realm, but he looked down from the Floating Bridge of Heaven, saw chaos, and refused. His son Ninigi was selected in his place for the tenson kōrin.
The Itsutomonoo accompanied Ninigi on his descent from Takamagahara to the earthly realm, bearing the sacred regalia and ritual knowledge that would establish divine authority over the land below.
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.
Ninigi descended from Takamagahara and landed at Takachiho peak in Kyushu, declaring it a fortunate land where he built his first palace as recorded in the Kojiki.
Ninigi descended from the celestial plain of Takamagahara to establish divine rule over the earthly realm, as told in the Kojiki.
Takamimusubi bestowed upon his grandson Ninigi the divine regalia and sacred instructions before the Tenson Kōrin, the heavenly descent to rule the Central Land of Reed Plains and establish the unbroken imperial line.
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