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	Ninigi-no-Mikoto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Japanese mythology, Ninigi no Mikoto (瓊瓊杵尊) was the grandson of Amaterasu, who sent him down to earth to plant rice there.
		The sword, Kusanagi, the mirror, Yata no kagami, and the jewel, Yasakani no magatama.
		These three gifts signify to the world that the emperor is the descendant of Amaterasu herself.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ninigi (109 words)

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		Ninigi asked Oho-Yama for his daughter's hand, but the mountain god proposed that he should marry his elder daughter Iha-Naga ("princess live-long") instead.
		Later, Ninigi and his descendants fought their way from southern Japan to the Jamato plain (east of Osaka) and there they founded the imperial dynasty of Jamato.
		He was the ruler of the earth until the sun goddess Amaterasu sent her grandson Ninigi to rule in his place.
	web.tiscali.it /zenjiro/gods.htm (2498 words)

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		Sano Tsunehiko No Mikoto, the founder of our teaching, merged the teaching of Shinto, which had been passed on through generations in the family, and Japanese classical studies, which is another Shinto teaching brought to Japan and formed a refined religion.
		Ninigi No Mikoto was given the role of governing politics using the three divine symbols of the Japanese Imperial throne whereas Nigihayahi No Mikoto was given the role of governing divine ceremonies using the ten divine treasures of the Japanese Imperial throne.
		Sano Tsunehiko No Mikoto, the founder of Shinrikyo in the 13th year of Meiji period (AD 1880), was born into the seventy-seventh generation of the family which inherited Shintoism from the ancient time.
	www.sinri.or.jp /en_godtruth.htm (1386 words)

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		Therefore Hiko-hoho-demi no Mikoto's grief was exceeding1y profound, and be went and made moan by the shore of the sea.
		Long after,.Hiko-nagisa-take-u-gaya-fuki-ahezu no Mikoto died, in the palace of the western country, and was buried in the Misasagi on the top of Mount Ahira in Hiuga.
		A battle was engaged, and Itsuse no Mikoto was hit by a random arrow on the elbow.
	www.geocities.com /caveofthesun/ni.html (2708 words)

	Of old, Heaven and Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		When Hiko-hoho-demi no Mikoto returned to his palace, he complied implicitly with the instructions of the Sea-god, and the elder brother, Ho-no-susori no Mikoto, finding himself in the utmost straits, of his own accord admitted his offense, and said: "Henceforward I will be thy subject to perform mimic dances for thee.
		Ever since Itsuse no Mikoto was hit by an arrow at the battle of Kusaka and died, the Emperor bore this in mind, and constantly cherished resentment for it.
		Nigi-haya-hi no -Mikoto, knowing from the first that the Heavenly deity had simply generously bestowed the Empire on the Heavenly Grandchild, and that in view of the perverse disposition of Naga-sune it would be useless to instruct him in the relation of Heaven to Man, put him to death.
	www.harvestfields.netfirms.com /heavenly-gates/God-forgives-Cant-you/183.htm (16930 words)

	Shinbutsudo: A Web Page for the Study of Japanese Religions
		Ninigi no Mikoto -- his full name was Amatsu-hiko-hiko Ho-no-Ninigi no Mikoto, meaning "Prince Sky-Plenty-Earth-Plenty-High-as-Sky-Ruddy-Rice-Ear-Plenty" -- was the August Grandchild of three of the greatest Kami in the Shinto pantheon: Amaterasu Omikami, Susuno-O no Mikoto, and Takami-Musubi no Mikoto.
		Ninigi's ancestry, representing the fusion of such illustrious lines of divine descent, endowed him with immense power and wisdom.
		Ninigi was sent to earth by Amaterasu and Takami-Musubi because they and the other heavenly Kami were displeased with the behavior of the terrestrial Kami below.
	www.uwec.edu /philrel/shimbutsudo/ninigi.html (967 words)

	Shinbutsudo: A Web Page for the Study of Japanese Religions
		Ninigi became greatly enamored of the maid, and after a single night together she became pregnant.
		At the beginning of the story, it was Ninigi no Mikoto's distrust of Princess Kono Hana that led her to undergo the trial by fire in her parturition hut.
		Note that Ho-Wori no Mikoto, the third brother according to the Kojiki account, is also identified by the alternative name of Hiko-hoho-demi no Mikoto, which is the same as that of the middle brother in the Nihongi narrative.
	www.uwec.edu /philrel/shimbutsudo/ho-wori_toyo-tama.html (3787 words)

	Mythology
		Ninigi and his sister Uzume descended to earth and were met by the deity who guards of the Floating Bridge of Heaven.
		Ninigi was afraid, but not Uzume, and so the god of the paths showed Ninigi the regions he would be governing.
		Because Ninigi was a very jealous god, Hana was forced to retreat into the woods and live in a small hut.
	www.kusanagi.150m.com /mythology.html (1304 words)

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		Masa-ya-a-katsu-katsu-haya-hi ama no oshi-ho-mi-mi no Mikoto, the son of Ama-terasu no Oho-kami, took to wife Taku-hata-chi-chi-hime, daughter of Taka-mi-musubi no Mikoto.
		Taka-mi-musubi no Mikoto therefore again summoned together all the Gods and inquired of them who should be sent.
		At this time his son Koto-shiro-nushi no Kami was absent on an excursion to Cape Miho in the Land of Izumo, where he was amusing himself by angling for fish.
	web.tiscali.it /zenjiro/nihongi7.htm (1485 words)

	Myth and Legend in Miyazaki: Kojiki: Ninigi no Mikoto (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Myth and Legend in Miyazaki: Kojiki: Ninigi no Mikoto
		Ooyamatsu-Kami was very pleased, and sent Konohana and her sister Iwanaga to Ninigi with many presents.
		He sent Ninigi a message: "I sent my two daughters together because Iwanaga will bring you long life like a stone, even when it snows and winds are fierce.
	www.harapan.co.jp /english/miya_e/myth/kojiki_ninigi.htm (650 words)

	Emperor Jinmu of Japan - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Among their three sons was Hikohohodemi no Mikoto also called Yamasachi-hiko who married Princess Toyotama.
		They had a single son called Hikonagisa Takeugaya Fukiaezu no Mikoto.
		The boy was abandoned by his parents at birth and consequently raised by Princess Tamayori, a younger sister of his mother.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Jinmu (403 words)

	China History Forum, chinese history forum > Emperors and Empresses of Japan
		Son of Go-Shirakawa (77) and Taira no Shigeko, and husband of Tokuko (styled Kenrei-monin)(1155-1213), a daughter of Taira no Kiyomori, dajo daijin and head of the Kanmu Heishi clan (a descendent of Kammu (50).
		Son of Takakura (80) by Taira no Tokuko (and therefore the grandson of Taira no Kiyomori).
		Son of Go-Toba (82) by Fujiwara no Shigeko, half-brother of Tsuchimikado (83), husband of Fujiwara no Tachiko (styled Higashi Ichijo-in)(producing the princes Tadanari (1220-1279) and Kanemori (Chukyo (85).
	www.chinahistoryforum.com /lofiversion/index.php/t2017.html (3317 words)

	Shinto Creation Stories: The Conquest of the Land of Reed-Plains (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		Masa-ya-a-katsu-katsu-haya-hi ama no oshi-ho-mi-mi no Mikoto, 1 the son of Ama-terasu no Oho-kami, 2 took to wife Taku-hata-chi-chi-hime, 3 daughter of Taka-mi-musubi no Mikoto.
		Eventually he desired to establish his august grandchild Ama-tsu-hiko-ho-ho-ninigi no Mikoto as the Lord of the Central Land of Reed-Plains.
		At this time, Ame no Kuni-dama, hearing the voice of her crying, straightway knew that her husband, Ame-waka-hiko, was dead, and sent down a swift wind to bring the body up to Heaven.
	www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/ANCJAPAN/CREAT8.HTM (1502 words)

	FWB 4.2 GB:Tsubaki Website:tsa:peace2.html
		This is by no means a primitive form of sun worship or fear of the sun.
		When we see a flower growing in the sun, blossoming as it leans towards the sun, we realize without question that here is the source of life for everything in the world.
		Hence it is necessary first to rid oneself of this distortion, this delusory knowledge which in fact is a kind of pollution, by willingly practicing the strict and rigorous mi sogi shuho -- the discipline of purification.
	www.csuchico.edu /~georgew/tsa/peace2.html (1085 words)

	Mike's History p 67 - Japan's Earliest Emperors.
		He was the fourth child of Hiko-nagisa-take-u-gaya-fuki-aezu no Mikoto.
		By her he had Tagishi-mimi no Mikoto and Kuso-mimi no Mikoto.
		Thereupon Hiko-ho no ninigi no Mikoto, throwing open the barrier of Heaven and clearing a cloud-path, urged on his superhuman course until he came to rest.
	www.galileolibrary.com /history/history_page_67.htm (1264 words)

	Dragon Legends
		The man says that he's a god of the land (kunitsukami) and that each year the eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent, the dragon-prince Yamata no Orochi has devoured one of his daughters [some versions say 12 most say 8 daughters], and that the time has come for him to claim the last.
		Susano-o-no-Mikoto transforms the girl, Kushinada Hime, into a comb, which he puts in his hair, and orders that a special wine [The first gift of Saki to mortal men] be brewed and barrels of it placed along a fence with eight apertures or gates.
		It is given to Ninigi no Mikoto by Amaterasu as one of the three symbols of his authority over Ashihara no Nakatsukuni.
	glassmarble.com /dragons/drglgnd.html (484 words)

	Sarutahiko - Megaten Wiki
		They met when the grandson of Amaterasu, Ninigi no Mikoto was sent down to earth.
		Most of the other gods were scared of him since he was massively huge and manly, along with having goofy features like a huge nose and light shining out of his face and butt.
		However Uzume stripped off the top of her kimono exposing her chest, approached Sarutahiko and demanded that he sweared fealty to Ninigi no Mikoto.
	www.popanime.net /megami/wiki/index.php?title=Sarutahiko (144 words)

	Objects
		Eventually it was bestowed upon Ninigi no Mikoto by Amaterasu as one of the three symbols of his authority over Ashihara no Nakatsukuni.
		Nihongi (WG Aston trans., 1972 ed.): Kusanagi was originally named Ama no Mura-kumo no Tsurugi, (sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven.) On the 10th of the 6th month in 686, a divination revealed that the Emperor's illness was due to a curse associated with Kusanagi.
		Three Objects: The Ofuda or talismans are the Kenji (Kusanagi sword,) the Magatama (a jade) and the Yata no Kagami (a bronze mirror) are ritually passed to a new Emperor and are essential to his investiture.
	www.khandro.net /mysterious_objects.htm (4896 words)

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		There are no written scriptures or body of religious law the way there are with many other religions.
		His three children; Ho no Susori no Mikoto, Hiko-ho-ho demi no Mikoto, and Ho no akari no Mikoto were later rulers of Japan. As with many religions, there are various versions of the stories associated with the gods.
		There are no set formulae for any of the worship. Shinto is one of the basic components that makes up the Japanese culture.
	www.siue.edu /~gfields/documents/std_shinto.doc (2882 words)

	CHAPTER XV
		For in reality, the gods worshipped are no better off than the humans worshipping except their further progress along the way.
		To move from the practical atheism of the founder to the polytheism-like saviour beings of the later movement is quite a revolution.
		There is no doctrine of original sin as in the West, "no end of the world, no day of final judgement, no souls waiting for deliverance from the stains of sin, and no need for a savior."
	www.emporia.edu /socsci/philos/chp15.htm (9579 words)

	Ame No Koyane History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		According to a myth recorded in the Nihonshoki, Takemikazuchi and Iwainushi were commanded by Amaterasu Ōmikami (the sun goddess and the ancestral kami of Japan's imperial house) to descend from the Heavenly Plain to earth and subjugate the Japanese domain.
		At the descent of Ninigi no Mikoto, a grandson of the sun goddess, Ame no Koyane was directed by Amaterasu to thenceforth attend and protect her descendants (tennō), who were to live in the palace hall with the sacred mirror (yata no kagami), one of her divine regalia, and to worship it.
		Ame no Koyane's prestige as a mythic figure was enhanced during the thirteenth century with the publication of the Gukanshō, an interpretive history of Japan by the Tendai abbot Jien, himself a member of the Fujiwara line.
	www.bookrags.com /history/religion/ame-no-koyane-eorl-01 (417 words)

	The Scriptures of Mankind: An Introduction
		But she does have three books which serve some of the purposes which sacred books generally serve, and, particularly in recent times, an attitude has been taken toward their critical study, similar to that manifested when the early higher critical work began to be done on the Bible.
		The remainder of the book is an account, largely legendary, of the rule of various emperors, down to the year 628 B.C. It is believed by scholars that the historical authenticity of the record increases as it approaches the close of the period.
		Then shall no offences remain unpurged, from the court of the august child of the gods even to the remotest ends of the realm.
	www.religion-online.org /showchapter.asp?title=704&C=951 (4820 words)

	moonsenshi.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
		The sword was one which Susanowa, the Shinto god of winds and storms, found after slaying an eight-headed snake, Koshi.
		Although there is no specific reference that links Ouranos or Susanowa to earthquakes, Ouranos was coupled with Gaia, the goddess of Earth and the embodiment of the land itself.
		Though his domain was the sky, he ruled Gaia, and some accounts say that he overpowered her with his strength.
	www.moonsenshi.org /Information/Mythology/Senshi/uranus001.php (569 words)

	Monkey Deities in Japanese Shinto and Buddhist Lore and Art
		Sarugami is worshipped as the deity of easy delivery and child rearing, and is the Lord of the three monkeys (see, hear, speak no evil).
		The three monkeys (see, speak, hear no evil) are closely related to Koushin rituals.
		Sarugami is the Shinto deity to whom the three monkeys (hear, speak, see no evil) are reportedly faithful.
	www.onmarkproductions.com /html/monkey-koushin-p3.html (4974 words)

	Traditional Japan--Readings
		In their meetings and in their deportment, there is no distinction between father and son or between men and women.
		Moreover Ama no Uzume no Mikoto, ancestress of the Sarume Chieftain, took in her hand a spear wreathed with Eulalia grass, and standing before the door of the Rock-cave of Heaven, skillfully performed a mimic dance.
		Upon this the Gods Nakatomi no Kami and Imibe no Kami at once drew a limit by means of a bottom-tied rope (also called a left-hand rope) and begged her not to return again [into the cave].
	www.pitt.edu /~annj/courses/notes/source_of_jphist.html (6713 words)

	Amaterasu
		Other gods pulled her out and convinced her to return to the sky.
		Later she sent her grandson Ninigi no Mikoto[?] to pacify Japan; his great-grandson became the first emperor Jimmu Tenno.
		With him he had the sacred sword, jewel and mirror that became Japanese imperial regalia.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/am/Amateratsu.html (307 words)

	Dwarf Potted Trees in Paintings, Scrolls and Woodblock Prints
		The Fujiwara clan was founded by Nakatomi no Kamatari (614–69), who had assisted Prince Naka no Oe (later Emperor Tenji, reigned 661–72) in the coup of 645 that eliminated the rival Soga family.
		At the descent of Ninigi no Mikoto, a grandson of the sun goddess, Ame no Koyane was directed by Amaterasu to thenceforth attend and protect her descendants (tennō, the emperors).
		The tennō were to live in the palace hall with the sacred mirror (yata no kagami), one of her divine regalia, and to worship it.
	www.phoenixbonsai.com /Paintings/Japanto1600.html (6065 words)

	Nippon-To
		Amaterasu gave the sword to her grandson, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, along with a tooth-shaped jewel and a bronze mirror.
		Mikoto descended to Japan with these three treasures and established the imperial line.
		The three Imperial Jewels, as the objects were called, became the most important relics of the Shintô religion and symbols of the imperial line of Japan.
	home.insight.rr.com /jmbeach/nippon-to.html (2882 words)

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