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Toyotama-hime (Japanese: 豊玉姫) is a goddess in Japanese mythology who appears in Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. She is the daughter of the sea deity, Watatsumi , and the wife of Hoori . She is known as the paternal grandmother of Emperor Jimmu , the first emperor of Japan.
The government authorizes the Toji to wear swords and serve as government officials, and the government has set up five schools throughout the country for the girls to attend. The girls live ordinary school lives, while occasionally performing their duties, wielding their swords and using various powers to fight and protect the people.
In some versions of the story, Kuchisake-Onna was the adulterous wife or a mistress of a samurai during her life. [5] [6] She grew lonely because the samurai was always away from home fighting, and began having affairs with men around the town. When the samurai heard of this, he was outraged.
Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto (ツクヨミノミコト, 月読命), [1] or simply Tsukuyomi (ツクヨミ, 月読) or Tsukiyomi (ツキヨミ), [2] is the moon kami in Japanese mythology and the Shinto religion. The name "Tsukuyomi" is a compound of the Old Japanese words tsuku (月, "moon, month", becoming modern Japanese tsuki) and yomi (読み ...
A real existing tachi (Japanese long sword) named Dōjigiri, which is one of the Five Best Swords under Heaven and designated national treasure of Japan, [48] is associated with the tradition of being the sword that killed Shuten-dōji. [49] [q] Tada Shrine also has a tachi, Onikirimaru, which has a legend that it defeated Shuten-dōji.
Meanwhile, a mysterious Toji assists other Toji in fighting an aradama. Upon viewing a recording, Kanami believes the mysterious Toji is Maki due to her fighting style. The next day, Mai's father takes her to a lab his company is funding, where Friedman and Ellen's parents are researching ways to use noro as a power source.
Jorōgumo (Japanese: 絡新婦 , じょろうぐも ) is a type of yōkai, a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are 女郎蜘蛛 (lit. ' woman-spider '); the kanji which are used to write it instead, 絡新婦 (lit.
Hoori is often associated with both his parents and his wife. He is worshiped mainly as a god of cereals or grain . In Japanese mythology, it was said that the ho ( 火 ) part of his name meant fire, but etymologically, it is a different character pronounced ho ( 穂 ) , which refers to crops, particularly rice.