Konohana no sakuya-bime (Japanese)

Konohana no sakuya-bime, or simply as Sakuya-hime, is a goddess that appears in Japanese mythology. Konohana no sakuyabime means a woman as beautiful as flowers blossoming on a tree. She was a daughter of Oyamatsumi, and Iwanaga-hime was her older sister. Oyamatsumi was the chieftain in the area they lived in.

In the mythology she met Ninigi, (the son of Amatsukami, The God of Heaven, and the grandson of the Sun Goddess) when he descended in the Province of Himuka and proposed to her. Her father was very happy about the news and offered both Sakuya-hime and her older sister, Iwanaga-hime to Ninigi to marry. However, Ninigi married only Sakuya-hime and sent her sister home  because she was “ugly.”

Their father said, ‘I offered my two daughters together because I made a covenant that the son of Amatsukami will have a life as eternal as a rock if you have Iwanaga-hime as your wife, and if you have Konohana no sakuya-bime as your wife then you will prosper just like flowers blossoming on a tree. However, because you married only Sakuya-bime, your life will be ephemeral like flowers on a tree.’ The legend says that is why emperors, who are his descendants, do not live as long as the gods. The myth tells about the ephemerality of life and the origin of death.

Pregnancy and Aftermath
Sakuya-bime became pregnant overnight. Ninigi suspected that the child belonged to Kunitsukami (god of the land.) In order to disprove his suspicion she made a pledge and then went into the birthing room. She said that if her child was truly Ninigi’s, then the child would be born safely no matter what; then she set fire on the birthing room. She gave birth to three children, Hoderi, Hosuseri and Hoori, in the fire. (Emperor Jinmu was the grandson of Hoori.)

Because she gave birth in fire she became a fire goddess. She is enshrined at Mt. Fuji, which is a volcano. She was enshrined at Mt. Fuji in order to bring volcanic eruptions under control. However, other legends say she is a goddess of water. In addition, she is viewed as a goddess who protects wives, gives safe delivery of a baby, and is a goddess of child rearing.

Konohana Sakuya with flowers and Mount Fuji

Worship
There is a story of her father making amano tamukezake, which is present-day amazake (sweet, mild sake,) using the heavily fruited head of rice plant from Sanada when Hoori was born. Therefore, Oyamatsumi is called Sakatoke no Kami and Konohana no sakuya-bime is called Sakatokeko no Kami, and they are considered to be deities of sake brewing.

Oyamatsumi is a god that represented all the mountains.  Sakuya-hime inherited Mt. Fuji from her father, the tallest and the most beautiful mountain in Japan. She is enshrined in this mountain and protects the eastern part of Japan.

In addition to being the enshrined deity of Mt. Fuji, she is also enshrined at Sengen-jinja Shrines all over Japan. In addition, she is enshrined as a goddess of safe delivery and child rearing at Koyasu-jinja Shrine (Shokansha (shrine where the gods of clothing, food and housing are worshipped) at Kotai-jingu Shrine in Hachioji City, Tokyo, for example.) She is also enshrined as Sakatokekonokami at Umenomiya-taisha Shrine (Ukyo Ward, Kyoto Prefecture).

Source: Japanese wiki

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