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Pages in category "Japanese feminine given names" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 543 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
Momiji (Japanese 紅葉) [a] is a female oni in Japanese folklore, whose story is known as The Legend of Momiji (紅葉伝説). The legend has been handed down in Kinasa, Togakushi, and Bessho Onsen [Wikidata] in Nagano prefecture. In the story, the hero, Taira no Koremochi , fights and defeats the kijo named Momiji.
Luna, for example, is a name from Roman mythology and is the number 10 ranked name for baby girls. Others, like Eleuthia, have never cracked the top 1,000 list of boys ’ or girl s’ names in ...
Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [8]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.
She "bent a needle and made of it a hook"; [13] note that Japanese hari 針 means both "needle; pin" and "fishhook") and prayed that catching a fish foretold conquering Silla. A rare trout hooked itself, and she declared, "It is a strange thing." Later that year, the legend says a divine tsunami propelled the Japanese fleet across the Sea of Japan.
Kushinadahime (櫛名田比売、くしなだひめ), also known as Kushiinadahime (奇稲田姫、くしいなだひめ) or Inadahime (稲田姫、いなだひめ) among other names, is a goddess in Japanese mythology and the Shinto faith.
Kiara (/ k i ˈ ɑːr ə / kee-AR-ə or / ˈ k ɪər ə / KEER-ə) is a given name with various origins. It may be a variant of the Italian name Chiara, meaning bright, or the Irish name Ciara, meaning dark-haired. [1] In Japan, Kiara is an uncommon name typically given to males; its meaning is dependent upon the characters used to spell the name.