豊玉姫

Japanese

Kanji in this term
豊	玉	姫
とよ Grade: 5	たま Grade: 1	ひめ > びめ Grade: S
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
豐玉姫 (kyūjitai) 豊玉毘売

Etymology

Old Japanese [Term?], 豊 (“rich”) +‎ 玉 (“jewel”) +‎ 姫 (“lady”).

Proper noun

豊(とよ)玉(たま)姫(びめ) or 豊玉姫(とよたまひめ) • (Toyotamabime or Toyotamahime) 

1. (Japanese mythology) daughter of 海神 (Watatsumi), elder sister and mother-in-law of 玉依姫 (Tamayoribime), wife of 彦火火出見 (Hikohohodemi); she went into labor before her parturition hut was done and gave birth to 鸕鷀草葺不合 (Ugaya Fukiaezu) in it, but retreated in shame after her husband, out of curiosity, saw her true serpentine form during the birth