{"id":25336,"date":"2017-05-16T21:37:24","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/?p=25336"},"modified":"2017-07-05T03:29:21","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T18:29:21","slug":"marriage-of-ninigi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/mythology\/marriage-of-ninigi\/","title":{"rendered":"Myth#16 : Marriage of Ninigi"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;section&#8221; transparent_background=&#8221;off&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; inner_shadow=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1.5%|||&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; custom_width_px=&#8221;1080&#8243; custom_width_percent=&#8221;80&#8243; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;myth-content-sec&#8221; module_class=&#8221;myth-content-secc&#8221;][et_pb_row admin_label=&#8221;row&#8221; allow_player_pause=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_1=&#8221;off&#8221; parallax_method_1=&#8221;off&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;off&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;on&#8221; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;off&#8221; make_equal=&#8221;off&#8221; module_id=&#8221;myth-content-row&#8221; module_class=&#8221;myth-content-rowc&#8221; module_id_1=&#8221;myth-content-column&#8221; module_class_1=&#8221;myth-content-columnc&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_post_title title=&#8221;on&#8221; meta=&#8221;off&#8221; author=&#8221;on&#8221; date=&#8221;on&#8221; categories=&#8221;on&#8221; comments=&#8221;on&#8221; featured_image=&#8221;off&#8221; featured_placement=&#8221;below&#8221; parallax_effect=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;on&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; text_color=&#8221;dark&#8221; text_background=&#8221;off&#8221; text_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.9)&#8221; module_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;30&#8243; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;23&#8243; title_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;1&#8243; meta_letter_spacing=&#8221;0&#8243; meta_line_height=&#8221;1&#8243; border_width=&#8221;1&#8243; module_class=&#8221;myth-content-title&#8221; \/][et_pb_text background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; module_class=&#8221;mythstory&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;20&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>One day, <a href=\"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/characters-and-words-of-japanese-mythology\/ninigi-no-mikoto\/\">Ninigi<\/a> met a beautiful woman named <a href=\"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/characters-and-words-of-japanese-mythology\/konohanasakuya-hime\/\">Konohanasakusaya Hime<\/a> at Kasasa cape. He liked her at first glance so sent a messenger to ask her to marry him .<\/p>\n<p>However, she replied, \u201cMy father, Oyamatsumi will answer that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Oyamatsumi was very pleased with Ninigi\u2019s offer of marriage but also offered Konohanakusaya\u2019s older sister Iwanaga Hime together.<\/p>\n<p>Even though Oyamatsumi offered his two daughters, Ninigi only married Konohanasakusaya Hime. Iwanaga Hime was was too ugly, so he sent her back.<\/p>\n<p>Oyamatsumi got angry and embarrassed at his attitude and told him, \u201cIf you married Iwanaga Hime, your life would have been immortal like a rock. Now, you chose to marry Konohanasakuya Hime only. Your life will be short-spanned like the flowers blooms only for a short period.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For this reason the Emperor lost the immortal life and their life gradually become not longer.<\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly, Konohanasakuya Hime got pregnant overnight so Ninigi suspected and said, \u201cThe child must belong to someone else.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26284\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26284\" class=\"wp-image-26284\" src=\"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16-1024x654.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16-1024x654.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16-249x159.jpg 249w, https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16-1080x689.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/pondekau.com\/cp-bin\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Myth16.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-26284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tsuma Jinja &#8211; Ninigi and Konohanasakuya Hime lived together around here<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She needed to prove the child was his and told him \u201cI will give birth in a delivery room on fire without a door. If the child were not yours, I would be burnt to death with the child. If I am carrying a child of the deity, the child will be born safely. \u201d<\/p>\n<p>and set fire. The delivery room was quickly covered in flames, but surprisingly she gave birth to three children in the flaming delivery room. 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