Dragon-kissed
“According to northern lore, Toyotama, the daughter of Watatsumi the sea god, fell in love with and married a handsome mortal by the name of Hoori. For three years, the couple lived in Ryūgū, the undersea palace made out of red and white coral and fish scales. However, deep down Hoori felt lonely and missed the surface world. And so, with the sea god’s blessing, the couple ascended to the surface world, riding the back of a one-fathom-long wani. Once they arrived, Toyotama announced her pregnancy and Hoori built for her a child-delivery hut thatched with cormorant feathers. She requested that her husband not watch while she gave birth to their child within the hut.
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