Okuninushi and Tagorihime, one of the Munakata goddesses, are the parents of Ajisukitakahikone and Shitateruhime as recorded in the Kojiki.
Ame-no-Wakahiko, sent from heaven to subdue the earthly realm, instead fell in love with Shitateruhime, daughter of Ōkuninushi, and married her — abandoning his divine mission for eight years until his death.
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