Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto

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Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto is a legendary Japanese imperial princess revered in Shinto tradition for establishing the sacred worship of the sun goddess Amaterasu at Ise.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto figure
imperial family member
legendary Japanese princess
associatedConcept imperial legitimacy
sun worship
associatedDeity Amaterasu NERFINISHED
associatedObject Yata no Kagami NERFINISHED
associatedPlace Ise NERFINISHED
associatedRegion Ise Province NERFINISHED
Yamato NERFINISHED
associatedShrine Ise Grand Shrine NERFINISHED
associatedWith establishment of Ise as primary shrine of Amaterasu
category Japanese legendary people
People associated with Ise Grand Shrine
Shinto princesses
commemoratedBy rituals at Ise Grand Shrine
country Japan
culture Japanese
family Yamato imperial house NERFINISHED
finalEnshrinementSite Ise NERFINISHED
gender female
honorificTitle Hime NERFINISHED
journeyRoute various provinces of Japan
languageOfName Japanese
linkedInstitution Inner Shrine of Ise (Naikū) NERFINISHED
literaryGenre Japanese mythology
mission to find a permanent site to enshrine Amaterasu
mythicTheme divine guidance in shrine foundation
mythologicalPeriod age of the early Yamato court
narrativeSource Kojiki NERFINISHED
Nihon Shoki NERFINISHED
parent Emperor Suinin NERFINISHED
religiousFunction mediator between Amaterasu and emperor
religiousOffice sacred princess of Amaterasu
religiousRole originator of the Saiō tradition
priestess of Amaterasu
religiousSignificance established central cult of Amaterasu
religiousTradition Shinto NERFINISHED
role custodian of the sacred mirror of Amaterasu
founder of Ise worship of Amaterasu
status legendary
symbolicFunction link between imperial house and Amaterasu
veneratedAs foundress of Ise Shrine tradition
veneratedIn Shinto shrines NERFINISHED
worshipType kami veneration

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Ise Grand Shrine mythologicalFounder Princess Yamatohime-no-mikoto