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Yamato Takeru

The princely conqueror-hero of early Japanese chronicle. Not Momotarō as the folk twin alone, and not a bare emperor dump.

Also known as Yamato-takeru-no-Mikoto

Shinto

Yamato Takeru appears in Shinto.
The Kojiki’s imperial narrative seats Yamato Takeru as the conquering prince who receives the grass-cutting sword and dies on campaign after the mountain ordeal. A named hero in that compilation, not Momotarō as a folk twin and not a bare emperor dump.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Yamato Takeru appears in Kojiki.
Yamato Takeru’s eastern campaigns and death are told in the Kojiki’s imperial books. Named presence in that text hub.
from Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation) · Kojiki, 712 CE; Philippi trans. 1968
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Kojiki · Ō no Yasumaro (compiler); Donald L. Philippi (translation)
Donald L. Philippi, Kojiki.