NINIGI

Meaning of NINIGI in English

/nee nee"gee/ , n. Japanese Legend.

the grandson of Amaterasu and first ruler of Japan.

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012

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SARUDAHIKO — also spelled Sarutahiko, in Japanese mythology, an earthly deity who offered himself as a guide to the divine grandchild Ninigi, …
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OKUNINUSHI — in full Okuninushi No Mikota, in the mythology of the Izumo branch of Shinto in Japan, the central hero, a …
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KUSANAGI — (Japanese: Grass-Mower), in Japanese mythology, the miraculous sword that the sun goddess Amaterasu gave to her grandson Ninigi when he …
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UZUME — [Japanese] The Japanese Shinto goddess of joy and happiness, called the Daughter of Heaven and Heaven's Forthright Female. Her name …
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TAKAMI-MUSUBI — [Japanese] The primordial sky god of Japanese Shintoism, the Creator. He is the great generative spirit of divine love from …
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SARUDAHIKO — [Japanese] In Japanese myth, an earth-god who offered to guide the divine Ninigi-no-mikoto when he descended to take charge of …
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OKUNI-NUSHI — [Japanese] The Japanese Shinto god of magic and medicine, son of the storm god Susanowo. He died twice and was …
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IHA-NAGA — [Japanese] The incredibly strong daughter of the mountain god Oho-Yama who wanted her to marry Ninigi. The rice-god preferred her …
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HOORI — [Japanese] In Japanese mythology, a son of Ninigi and his wife Ko-no-Hana and brother of Hoderi. His name means "Fire …
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HODERI — [Japanese] In Japanese mythology, a son of Ninigi and his wife Ko-no-Hana and brother of Hoori. Hoderi became a fisherman …
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FUTSU-NUSHI-NO-KAMI — [Japanese] The Japanese god of fire and lightning. Later he became a god of war and general of Amaterasu. He …
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