Kushinadahime
E177789
Kushinadahime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, best known as the rescued maiden whom the storm god Susanoo marries after saving her from the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kushinadahime canonical | 9 |
| Kushinada-hime | 5 |
| Kushinadahime-no-Mikoto | 2 |
| Kushiinadahime | 1 |
| Kushiinadahime-no-Mikoto | 1 |
| Ogetsu-hime | 1 |
| Suseri-hime | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1402002 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kushinadahime Context triple: [Susanoo, spouse, Kushinadahime]
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A.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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B.
Himetatara Isuzuhime
Himetatara Isuzuhime is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology known as the consort of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.
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C.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Izanami
Izanami is a primordial Japanese goddess in Shinto mythology, known as the creator of many islands and deities alongside her consort Izanagi and as a ruler of the land of the dead after her death.
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E.
Tamayori-hime
Tamayori-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, often associated with water and the sea, revered as the mother of Japan’s legendary first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kushinadahime Target entity description: Kushinadahime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, best known as the rescued maiden whom the storm god Susanoo marries after saving her from the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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A.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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B.
Himetatara Isuzuhime
Himetatara Isuzuhime is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology known as the consort of Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan.
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C.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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D.
Izanami
Izanami is a primordial Japanese goddess in Shinto mythology, known as the creator of many islands and deities alongside her consort Izanagi and as a ruler of the land of the dead after her death.
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E.
Tamayori-hime
Tamayori-hime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, often associated with water and the sea, revered as the mother of Japan’s legendary first emperor, Emperor Jimmu.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
deity in Japanese mythology
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goddess ⓘ kami ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Kushi Inada Hime
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Kushiinadahime ⓘ
linked to:
Kushinadahime
Kushinada-hime ⓘ
linked to:
Kushinadahime
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| associatedWithDeity | Susanoo ⓘ |
| category |
Japanese goddesses
ⓘ
Shinto goddesses ⓘ mythological princesses ⓘ |
| cosmicAssociation |
fertility
ⓘ
harvest ⓘ |
| culture | Japanese ⓘ |
| domain |
agriculture
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rice fields ⓘ |
| familyRole | youngest daughter of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| iconography | sometimes depicted with rice plants or rice fields ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Classical Japanese ⓘ |
| maritalStatus | married ⓘ |
| marriageContext | married Susanoo after being rescued from Yamata no Orochi ⓘ |
| mythicRole |
bride of storm god Susanoo
ⓘ
rescued maiden ⓘ |
| mythology | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| nameEtymology | often interpreted as “wondrous rice-field princess” ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | links storm deity Susanoo with agricultural fertility ⓘ |
| notableMyth | rescue from Yamata no Orochi ⓘ |
| parents |
Ashinazuchi
ⓘ
linked to:
Susanoo
Tenazuchi ⓘ |
| placeAssociated | Izumo ⓘ |
| protectedBy | Susanoo ⓘ |
| region | ancient Japan ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithSusanoo | wife ⓘ |
| relationshipTypeWithYamataNoOrochi | intended victim ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| rescuedBy | Susanoo ⓘ |
| siblingCount | 7 sisters ⓘ |
| sourceText |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| spouse | Susanoo ⓘ |
| threatenedBy | Yamata no Orochi ⓘ |
| victimOf | intended sacrifice to Yamata no Orochi ⓘ |
| worshippedIn | Japan ⓘ |
| worshipTradition | local cults in Izumo region ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Kushinadahime Description of subject: Kushinadahime is a goddess in Japanese mythology, best known as the rescued maiden whom the storm god Susanoo marries after saving her from the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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