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Tamatebako
Dec. 9th, 2006 08:31 pmDammit, I thought I collected all this info in one place before, but it was probably in an old eBay listing which has now vanished into the aether. But at least I've finally found a kanji version of Tamayori's name, though not nec'ly a definitive one (q.v.).
The main purpose of this entry is to roughly collate information about Japan's (three?) legendary sea-dragon princesses and their jewels. Of the daughters of the Dragon King(s), the names of the two sisters Toyotama (豊玉) and Tamayori (玉依?) directly contain the word "tama" (jewel).
Some sources claim that "Otohime" is merely an alias for Toyotama, but that name occurs in a completely different mythic context, the tale of Urashima-Taro, and besides whereas Toyotama is generally identified as the older sister to Tamayori, the kanji I'm finding for "Otohime" (乙姫 or 弟姫) mean "youngest princess".
(WRT the header, the tamatebako was a jewel-casket which Otohime gave to Urashima when he left the sea; I complained recently about the origami reconstruction.)( Read more... )
The main purpose of this entry is to roughly collate information about Japan's (three?) legendary sea-dragon princesses and their jewels. Of the daughters of the Dragon King(s), the names of the two sisters Toyotama (豊玉) and Tamayori (玉依?) directly contain the word "tama" (jewel).
Some sources claim that "Otohime" is merely an alias for Toyotama, but that name occurs in a completely different mythic context, the tale of Urashima-Taro, and besides whereas Toyotama is generally identified as the older sister to Tamayori, the kanji I'm finding for "Otohime" (乙姫 or 弟姫) mean "youngest princess".
(WRT the header, the tamatebako was a jewel-casket which Otohime gave to Urashima when he left the sea; I complained recently about the origami reconstruction.)( Read more... )