Kami (Shinto deity)
Toyotamabime
豊玉毘売
Toyotamabime marries Hoori no Mikoto, who visits the palace of the sea kami, and gives birth to Ukayafukiaezu no Mikoto. She is also handed down as the elder sister of Tamayoribime.
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What kind of kami
Toyotamabime marries Hoori no Mikoto, who visits the palace of the sea kami, and gives birth to Ukayafukiaezu no Mikoto. She is also handed down as the elder sister of Tamayoribime.
Source: 國學院大學
What the myths hand down
She asks him not to look at her as she gives birth, but Hoori no Mikoto breaks his promise and looks. It is told that Toyotamabime returned to the sea and sent her younger sister Tamayoribime to raise the child.
Source: 國學院大學
Links between the sources and faith
This story depicts the bond and the parting between the world of the sea and the world on land. Including the scene in which a yahiro wani (great wani of eight fathoms), as the myth calls it, appears, we introduce it as a story from the classics.
Source: 國學院大學
An example of a chant (in Japanese)
祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え
Related shrines and temples
Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「豊玉毘売」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「豊玉毘売」」（2026-10-15 確認）