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Hinagahime
肥長比売
Princess
SpouseHomutsuwake no Mikoto
HouseImperial House of Japan

Hinagahime (肥長比売), was the spouse of Homutsuwake no Mikoto for just one day.

Marriage

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After Homutsuwake no Mikoto learnt to speak, he went to live in a palace at Ajimasa.[1][2] Once he moved here, he married Hinagahime.[1][2] Yet, the same night, she turned into a serpent, so Homutsuwake no Mikoto flees. He flees up some valleys until he reaches Yamato Province. Hinagahime is left behind.[1][2]

Other than marriage

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Outside of her marriage, she is believed to be a goddess of Hinokawa River which flows through Izumo plains. She might also be a Yōkai.[3]

Refrences

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  1. ^ a b c Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.
  2. ^ a b c Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
  3. ^ 이경화 (June 2015). "'추격하는 여신' 전승의 계보 - 이자나미・히나가히메・기요히메를 중심으로 -". 日本思想 (in Korean). 28: 163–187. ISSN 1229-9235.