List: legend

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Emperor Jimmu, legendary founding Emperor of Japan

legend  yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)

legend  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• Ninigi no Mikoto (Japanese deity; grandson of Amaterasu, great grandfather of Emperor Jimmu)

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Yamato Takeru, 12th Emperor of Japan, who dressed as a maidservant in a successful plot to kill the leaders of the Kumaso tribe in Kumamoto

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• golden kite (which landed on the tip of Emperor Jimmu's bow after he had defeated Nagasunehiko)

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Nagasunehiko, legendary clan leader who opposed Emperor Jimmu's unification of Japan and was subsequently killed by the deity Nigihayahi

legend  Shinto  noun  noun (generic) 

• Nigihayahi, deity who married Nagasunehiko's younger sister and subsequently killed him when he opposed Emperor Jimmu

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Emperor Jimmu's eastern expedition (starting in Hyuga in 607 BCE, ending with the unification of Yamato)

legend  noun  noun (generic) 

• Tamayori-hime (deity; mother of Emperor Jimmu)