Shitateruhime no Mikoto

下照姫命

Fertility & Childbirthsafe childbirth
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Shitateruhime no Mikoto is a goddess appearing in early Japanese mythological chronicles such as the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, identified as the daughter of Okuninushi and associated with the divine lineage of the land-forming kami. She is often linked to her brother Ajisukitakahikone and appears in narratives involving mourning and celestial signaling, reflecting her place within the broader Izumo mythological tradition. In some shrine traditions she has come to be venerated in connection with fertility and safe childbirth, though this association reflects later devotional practice rather than an explicit role recorded in the earliest texts.

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