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Tajimamori


Tajimamori is a Japanese legendary figure of the Kofun period, also worshipped as the god of sweets. His name is written in kanji as 多遅麻毛理 in the Kojiki, and as 田道間守 in the Nihon Shoki.

Tajimamori's ancestry is described differently in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki. The Kojiki lists him as the son of Tajimahinaraki (多遅摩比那良岐?) and elder brother of Tajimakiyohiko (多遅麻清日子?), while the Nihon Shoki records him as the son of Tajimahinaraki (但馬日楢杵?)'s son Tajimakiyohiko (但馬清彦?).

Emperor Suinin commanded Tajimamori to go and get him a magical fruit called tokijiku no kagu no konomi (非時香菓?). To this end Tajimamori crossed to the magical land of Toyo no kuni (常世の国?), and after ten years he returned with some branches with leaves and some with fruit. However, by this time Emperor Suinin was already dead. Tajimamori gave half of his branches to Suinin's widow and offered the other half at the deceased emperor's tomb, then died himself, wailing with sadness.


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