Although they are said to fly in the sky wearing clothing called hagoromo (heavenly kimono), stories passed down about them include one about a tennyo whose hagoromo gets stolen, making her unable to return to the sky, and marries a man living on the earth (the hagoromo legend). |
羽衣と呼ばれる衣服で空を飛ぶとされるが、この羽衣を奪われたばかりに空に帰れなくなり、地上の男性と結婚する話(羽衣伝説)などが伝えられている。 |