kochiya sanae and tatara kogasa (touhou and 1 more) drawn by mizuki_hitoshi

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    Hang in There Kogasa-san 2445

    The little sister, Konohanasakuyabime, was a beautiful girl, she and her elder sister were wed to Ninigi-no-Mikoto, but Princess Iwa was ugly, so she was returned, like in Hozuki's Coolheadedness.

    Of course she'd be jealous of Mount Fuji. (^^;)

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    ngedh
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    Oh, I remember this bit in the Kojiki.

    Ō no Yasumaro said (in Heldt's 2014 translation):

    And so, because the older sister [Lady Lasting Rock, i.e. Iwa-naga-hime] was so hideous that the sight of her horrified him, he [Ripening Rice Ears Lad, i.e. Hiko-ho-no-ninigi] sent her back and kept only the younger sister, Lady Blooming Tree Blossoms [Ko-no-hana-saku-ya-hime], spending that one night with his new wife.

    And so the spirit Great Mountain Majesty [Ō-yama-tsu-mi (the father of the sisters)], humiliated by the return of Lady Lasting Rock, sent a messenger who said:

    “The reason I sent you both my daughters was this: I made a sacred oath that if you were to take Lady Lasting Rock into your service, the lives of the mighty children of heaven's spirits would last forever like a rock, standing firm and unbending for all eternity through falling snows and fierce gales; and if you were to take Lady Blooming Tree Blossoms into your service, they would flourish like the tree blossoms flourish. But now that you have returned Lady Lasting Rock and kept only Lady Blooming Tree Blossoms, the lives of the mighty children of heaven's spirits will last little longer than tree blossoms in a pelting downpour.”

    Thus ever since that time, the royal life spans of heaven's sovereigns have not been long in length.

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