五伴緒神

五伴緒神

Japanese

Kanji in this term
五	伴	緒	神
いつ Grade: 1	とも(の) Grade: S	お(の) Grade: S (ateji)	かみ Grade: 3
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
五伴緖神 (kyūjitai) 五部神

Alternative forms

• 五(いつ)伴(ともの)緒(お) (Itsutomo no O)

Etymology

Old Japanese, 五 (“five”) +‎ 伴緒 (“manservant”, the crew did include goddesses) +‎ の (genitive particle) +‎ 神 (“god”)

Proper noun

五(いつ)伴(ともの)緒(おの)神(かみ) • (Itsutomo no O no Kami) ^{←いつとものをのかみ (Itutomo no Wo no Kami)?}

1. the crew of five gods who escorted 瓊瓊杵 (Ninigi) during his 天孫降臨 (Tenson Kōrin, “Heavenly Grandson's Descent”) to rule the earth, including 天児屋 (Ama no Koyane), 太玉 (Futodama), 天鈿女 (Ama no Uzume), 石凝姥 (Ishikoridome) and 玉祖 (Tama no Oya)