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10 Ebb and flow

Hoderi lived by fishing in sea while his brother Howori lived by hunting in mountains. One day, "Howori" asked his brother to swap places for a day. "Howori" tried fishing, but he could not get a catch, and what was worse, he lost the fishhook he borrowed from his brother. Hoderi relentlessly accused his brother and did not accept his brother's apology.

While "Howori" was sitting on a beach, sorely perplexed, Sihotuti told him to ride on a ship called the Manasikatuma and go wherever the current went. Following this advice, Howori reached the house of Watatumi (master of seas). There he met Toyotama, Watatumi's daughter, and married with her. After three years of marriage, he remembered his brother and his fishhook, then told Watatumi about it.

Watatumi soon found the fishhook in the throat of a bream and handed it Howori. Watatumi also gave him two magical balls, Sihomitutama, which could cause a flood, and Sihohirutama, which could cause a ebb, and sent him off, along with his bride, to land.

As Toyotama was giving birth, she asked Howori not to look at her delivery. However, Howori, filled with curiosity, peeped in, and saw her transforming into a shark at the moment his son, Ugaya, was born. Aware of this, Toyotama disappeared into sea and did not return, but she entrusted her sister Tamayori with her yearning for Howori.

Ugaya married his aunt Tamayori and had five children, including Ituse and Yamatobiko.

11 Legends (23-)

11.1 First Emperor

The first legendary emperor of Japan is Iwarebiko, posthumous alias Jinmu. He established the throne in 660 BCE. His pedigree is summarised as follows.

• Iwarebiko is a son of Ugaya and Tamayori.
• Ugaya is a son of Howori and Toyotama.
• Howori is a son of Ninigi and Sakuya.
• Ninigi is a son of Osihomimi and Akidusi.
• Osihomimi is born from an ornament of Amaterasu.
• Amaterasu is born from the left eye of Izanagi.
• Izanagi is born of his own accord.

11.2 Conquest of the east (23-26)

11.3 Yamato Takeru (44-48)

12 External links

• Kojiki, Records of Ancient Matters: Yamato-Takeru Slays the Kumaso Brothers

13 See also

• Magatama
• Shinto

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