Hikawahime

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Affiliation: Shinto
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Family: Okami (father) Fuwanomojikunusunu (husband) Fukabuchinomizuyarehana (son)

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Hikawahime (日河比売 – Lady Spirit River / Lady Sunny River) is a Shinto kami mentioned in the Kojiki. She is stated to have been the daughter of Okami who married Fuwanomojikunusunu. With her husband they had a son known as Fukabuchinomizuyarehana.¹

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.

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