Watatsumi

Watatsumi or Owatatsumi (Japaneseワタツミ( Kojiki: Watatsumi no ō - kami (绵 津 见〔大〕神,海神); Nihonshoki: Watatsumi no mikoto (少 童 命,海神))) is the triune Kami of the seas and a son of Izanagi and Izanami. Watatsumi means as much as " ruler of the sea" (Karl Florence translated " ( Large ) Meeresbeherrscher " ) and is also part of the name of many other sea - Kami.

Kojiki and Nihon Shoki say that he should have been born in his triune form, when Izanagi after his return from the underworld fell off ( yomi ) ritually washed (see misogi ), while the Kami Uwawatatsumi, Nakawatatsumi and Sokowatatsumi from him. In his einfaltigen shape he was, according to the Kojiki conceived as one of the 33 Kami of Izanami and Izanagi, both brought to the creation of the islands and land masses to the world.

His magnificent palace on the ocean floor ( wata -tsu -mi -no- miya ) is built like the bones of a fish. He lived up to their marriage, with his daughters.

As a father of Toyo - tama -hime, he gave the Hiko -ho -ho- demi in his palace for his wife, he also has the name of Toyo - tama - hiko and is also the Kami of jewels. He is also the father of Tama - yori -hime, aunt and wife of Ugaya - fuki - aezu, which in turn is the mother of Jimmu.

Adored it is, inter alia, in Kiyotaki shrine in Nikko, Taki -no- miya ( a massha of Tosa shrine in Kōchi ) and Sai - Nibukawakami of the shrine in the district of Yoshino, Nara Prefecture.