If the goddess of mount Fuji and all volcanoes in Japan. She also represents cherry blossoms and delicate life on earth. Fell in love with Ninigi, the grandson of amaterasu, and Ninigi decided to marry konohanasakuya-hime instead of her sister, Iwa-naga-hime, the rock princess. In doing so all human lives are now as fleeting as the cherry blossoms instead of long lasting like stones.
In another myth konohanasakuya-hime helped a young man, Yosoji, find his way among the mountain paths to a stream. Yosoji was told by a fortune teller that by taking the water from the stream to his mother she would be cured of smallpox. He was told that 5 trips would heal not just his mom but the rest of the villagers as well. After healing his entire village Yosoji wanted to thank konohanasakuya-hime for guiding him but when he went to the stream again it was dried up and the goddess wasn't there.
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