Hosuseri
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Hosuseri (火須勢理命, Hosuseri-no-mikoto) is a kami that appears in Japanese mythology.[1][2] According to the Kojiki, he is the second child of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Konohanasakuya-hime.[3] He is believed to be the great-uncle of Emperor Jimmu (the first Emperor of Japan).
While the first character ho (火) of his name means "flame" in modern Japanese, its etymological root is in the character for ripening ears of rice (穂, ho). That, in combination with the "advancing" meaning of suseri, results in his name meaning "Rice-Ear Advancing".[4]
Overview
Hosuseri (火須勢理命) appears in the Kojiki but not in the Nihon Shoki. In the Kojiki, he is noted as the second child of Ninigi-no-Mikoto and Konohanasakuya-hime then makes no further appearances.[5] After a brief sexual encounter with Ninigi, Konohanasakuya-hime becomes pregnant. However, Ninigi doubts she could conceive so quickly. Frustrated with Ninigi's suspicion, Sakuyahime builds a long birthing hut and sets it on fire. Amid the blaze, she gives birth to three male kami: Hoderi no mikoto, Hosuseri, and Hoori[6] in that order.[5]
There are variations on the tale of the birth of Ninigi's children in the Nihon Shoki giving different names and numbers of children ranging from two to four, but usually three. While the name Hosuseri (火須勢理命) is not seen, there does appear a Hosusori-no-mikoto (火闌降命) or Hosuseri-no-mikoto (火酢芹命; note the difference in kanji).[7]
Genealogy
- Red background is female.
- Green background means groups
- Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.
References
- ^ Atsushi Yamakita, "Encyclopedia of Oriental Gods," Shinkigensha , p. 450.
- ^ "Hosuseri". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Retrieved 2025-08-09.
- ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ Matsumura, Kazuo (2014). Mythical Thinkings: What Can We Learn from Comparative Mythology?. Countershock Press. ISBN 9781304772534.
- ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2023-03-09.
- ^ Kawai, Hayao; 河合, 隼雄 (1995). Dreams, myths and fairy tales in Japan. 隼雄 河合. Einsiedeln, Switzerland: Daimon. p. 85. ISBN 3-85630-544-0. OCLC 34574100.
- ^ 加藤, 百一 (1981). "酒神と神社 (1)". 日本釀造協會雜誌. 76 (9): 592–596. doi:10.6013/jbrewsocjapan1915.76.592.
- ^ a b c Borgen, Robert; Ury, Marian (April 1990). "Readable Japanese Mythology: Selections from Nihon shoki and Kojiki" (PDF). The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese. 24 (1). American Association of Teachers of Japanese: 61–97. doi:10.2307/489230. JSTOR 489230. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
- ^ a b https://archive.today/20230406174104/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9716
- ^ a b c d e Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by William George Aston. Book II, page 73. Tuttle Publishing. Tra edition (July 2005). First edition published 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-3674-6
- ^ a b c Akima, Toshio (1993). "The Origins of the Grand Shrine of Ise and the Cult of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami". Japan Review. 4 (4): 143. ISSN 0915-0986. JSTOR 25790929.
- ^ a b c Tsugita, Masaki (2001) [1977]. 古事記 （上） 全訳注 [Complete Translated and Annotated Kojiki, Part 1]. Vol. 38. 講談社学術文庫. p. 205. ISBN 4-06-158207-0.
- ^ a b c d e The History of Nations: Japan. Dept. of education. Japan. H. W. Snow. 1910.
- ^ The Kojiki: Records of Ancient Matters. Tuttle Publishing. 19 June 2012. p. 218. ISBN 978-1-4629-0511-9.