Utakorihime

• • Period: Legendary Period
  • Occupation: Princess
  • Family: Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi (father) Taniha no Kahakami no Masu no Iratsume (mother?) Hibasuhime (sister) Mikadawake (brother) Matonuhime (sister) Nubatanoiribika (sister) Azaminoiribime (sister) Takanohime (sister) Yehime (sister) Otohime (sister)
  • Birth: –
  • Death: –

Utakorihime

Utakorihime (歌凝比売命) was the daughter of Tanika no hiko Tatatsumichinoushi.¹²

She is summoned to the Emperor in the kojiki, coming with her sisters Matonuhime, Nubatanoiribika and Hibasuhime,. However, after the emperor saw her and Matonuhime he sends them away saying they were ugly.¹²

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Chamberlain, B. H. (1932) “Translation of the Kojiki.” Kobe: J.L. Thompson & Co.

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