Geography/Culture: Japanese.
Linguistic note: see Tatsuta-Hime, linguistic note.
Description: Goddess of the sea, enchantment and the ever-changeful eternal present; Queen of the ocean depths: She Who is beautiful, too beautiful to describe; She Whose home is Ryugu-jo `The Palace of the Sea Dragon'; Matron of fishermen.
To whom are sacred: turtle (who led Urashima-Taro to Her home); castle beneath the waves; ornate box which She gave to Urashima-Taro (containing years in the form of white smoke).
Male associate: Lover: Urashima-Taro, `----'. Mortal fisherman symbolizing the passage of time. He who is concerned for marine life.
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Source: Monaghan BGH 231; Oda G 20, 21.
Geography/Culture: Japanese.
Description: Goddess of water and of immortal youth and beauty.
To whom are sacred: fish; manatee (She Herself looks like a fish with a woman's head); pearls (which are Her tears).Titles, Variants, etc.
Source: Monaghan BGH 219.
Geography/Culture: Japanese.
Description: Graceful shapeshifting Dragoness of the deep.
To Whom is sacred: shark covered with scales (in which form She gave birth to Her son).
Male associates: Her consort is Hikohohademi, ----, by Whom She had a son. She is a Daughter of the sea god.
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Source: Couchoud AMDDEM 397.
Description: Ancestress of the Japanese dynasty {find out more}.
Male associate: She was the wet-nurse to Toyo-Tama-Bime's son, and eventually married him.
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