The Tenson-zoku (Tenson tribe) is a generic term for ancient powers that established the Yamato Dynasty, which appears in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) and the Nihonshoki (The Chronicles of Japan) and which is told in Japanese mythology.
天孫族（てんそんぞく）とは、記紀に登場し日本神話に語り継がれるヤマト王権をつくったとする古代勢力の総称。