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オオヤマツミ: Ōyamatsumi, mountain god, father of the two princesses
オオヤマツミ ooyamatsumi
Ōyamatsumi, mountain god, father of the two princesses
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Example sentences
その後、ニニギは、オオヤマツミの娘、コノハナサクヤヒメに会いました。
After that, Ninigi met Konohanasakuyahime, the daughter of Ōyamatsumi.
オオヤマツミは、娘と、その姉のイワナガヒメの二人を、ニニギのところへ送りました。
Ōyamatsumi sent his daughter and her elder sister Iwanagahime, the two of them, to Ninigi.
From the lesson 天孫降臨
オオヤマツミは、悲しんで言いました。「二人を置けば、命は岩のように長く、花のようにもさかえたでしょう。でも、姉を返して、妹だけを置いたので、命は花のように短くなるでしょう。」
Ōyamatsumi said sadly, “Had you kept both, your life would have been long like a rock and you would have flourished like blossoms. But since you sent the elder sister back and kept only the younger, your life will be short like a flower.”
From the lesson 天孫降臨