What is Toyotama-hime?
{{Infobox deity | name = Toyotama-hime<br>豊玉姫 | image = De_juwelen_fontein-Rijksmuseum_RP-P-1958-374.jpeg | caption = Toyotama-hime with her younger sister [[Tamayori-hime (mother of Jimmu)|Tamayori-hime]] | type = Shinto | father = [[Watatsumi]] | children = [[Ugayafukiaezu]] | spouse = [[Hoori]] | cult_centre = [[Kaijin Shrine]] | cult_center = [[Kaijin Shrine]] }} {{Nihongo|'''Toyotama-hime'''|豊玉姫|lead=yes}} is a [[Kami|goddess]] in [[Japanese mythology]]. There are stories about her in ''[[Kojiki]]'' and ''[[Nihon Shoki]]''. She is the daughter of the sea deity, [[Watatsumi]], and the wife of [[Hoori]]. She is the paternal grandmother of [[Emperor Jimmu]], the first emperor of Japan. Toyotama, also known as Toyotamahime or Toyotama-hime, married Prince Hoori. However, she returned to the sea when he broke his vow not to spy on her while she was going through childbirth. The child she gave birth to was named [[Ugayafukiaezu]]. == In popular culture == * Throughout Japanese media, human-dragon hybrids (former on their mother's side as the case with Toyotama) are commonplace, notably in video games such as ''Popolocrois'', ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' and ''[[Breath of Fire]]''. * In the Japanese anime Sekirei, there is a Sekirei named Toyotama that fights using a traditional wooden staff. == Family tree == {{Three generations of Hyuga}} == Other websites == * {{Commons category-inline}} {{Jmyth navbox long}} [[Category:Kunitsukami]] [[Category:Pages with unreviewed translations]]