豊玉毘売

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豊	玉	毘	売
とよ Grade: 5	たま Grade: 1	び Jinmeiyō (ateji)	め Grade: 2 (ateji)
kun’yomi		goon

Alternative spelling
豐玉毘賣 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 豊玉毘売 – see the following entry.

【豊玉姫とよたまびめ】

[proper noun] (Japanese mythology) daughter of 海神 (Watatsumi), elder sister and mother-in-law of 玉依姫 (Tamayoribime), wife of 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi); she went into labor before her parturition hut was done and gave birth to 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) in it, but retreated in shame after her husband, out of curiosity, saw her true serpentine form during the birth

Alternative spelling
とよたまひめ

(This term, 豊玉毘売, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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