noun
Ninigi no Mikoto
A Japanese deity in Shinto mythology; grandson of Amaterasu and great-grandfather of Emperor Jimmu. Appears in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki as the ancestor of the imperial line.
瓊瓊杵尊は天照大神の孫として、葦原中国に降臨したとされる。
Ninigi no Mikoto is said to have descended to Ashihara no Nakatsukuni as the grandson of Amaterasu.
日本神話では、瓊瓊杵尊が天孫降臨の主神として描かれている。
In Japanese mythology, Ninigi no Mikoto is depicted as the main deity of the Heavenly Descent.
The name 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) is of uncertain origin; it appears in ancient Japanese texts as the name of a mythological deity. The suffix 尊 (mikoto) is an honorific used for gods and emperors.