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Ajisukitakahikone |
[Ajisukitakahikone no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Ajishikitakahiko no kami, Ajishikitakahikone no kami Also known as Kamo no ōmikami; the offspring of the land-founding deity Ōkuninushi no kami, and Tagiribime no mikoto (one of the three goddesses of Munakata, daughters of Sus... |
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Akaruhime |
[Akaruhime no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Himekoso no kami ( Nihongi ) According to the Suinin Tennōki , called Himekoso no yashiro no kami (deity of the Himekoso shrine), and wife of Amenohiboko. According to the Kojiki account, a woman of low rank in the Korean kingdom of Silla was im... |
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Akiguinoushi |
[Akigui no ushi no kami](Kojiki) A kami produced when Izanagi threw down an item of personal clothing. According to an "alternate writing" describing this incident in Nihongi , the deity was created from the formal trousers ( mihakama ) that Izanagi discarded as he left h... |
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Amaterasu |
[Amaterasu ōmikami](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Hi no kami ( Kojiki, Nihongi ), Amaterasu Ōhirumeno mikoto (or muchi), Tsukisakakiitsu no mitama Amazakarumukatsuhime no mikoto ( Nihongi ) " Kami of the Sun," first of the "three noble children" produce... |
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Amatsukami, Kunitsukami |
" Kami of heaven," " kami of earth." In general, Amatsukami refers to kami residing in the Plain of High Heaven (Takamanohara), together with those that were born in Takamanohara but later descended to the land of Japan. Kunitsukami, on the other hand, general... |
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Amatsukunitama |
[Amatsu kunitama no kami](Nihongi) Sire of Amewakahiko, who learned of his son's death by hearing the wailing voice of Shitateruhime (Amewakahiko's consort) carried on the wind. Together with Amewakahiko's family, Amatsukunitama descended to Japan (Ashihara no Nakatsukuni o... |
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Amatsumara |
(Kojiki) Other names: Amenomahitotsu no kami ( Kogo shūi ) A kami of ironworking ( kajishin ). Kojiki states that as the blacksmith of the Plain of High Heaven, Amatsumara was called upon to refine the iron used for making mirrors, using the "hard rocks of heaven" and the &qu... |
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Amenoakarutama |
[Ame no akarutama](Nihongi) Other names: Ama no akarutama, Toyotama ( Nihongi ), Tama no oya ( Kojiki ), Kushiakarutama no kami, Haakaru tama, Tamanoya no mikoto ( Nihongi ). According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Amenoakarutama was com... |
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Amenofuyukinu, Amenofukine |
[Ame no fukine no kami] (Kojiki) Fifth generation descendants (or descendant; the two are frequently considered identical) of Susanoo. Kojiki relates that the Amenofuyukinu married Sashikuniwakahime and sired Ōkuninushi. According to Nihongi , he was ordered by Susanoo to del... |
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Amenohiwashi |
[Ame no hiwashi] (Nihongi) Described as the child of Tajikarao, ancestor of the Inbe clan of Awa Province, this deity is said to have planted paper mulberry trees and produced bark-fiber offerings ( nigite ) from them at the time of Amaterasu's hiding away in the Rock Cave of Heaven, an... |
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Amenohohi |
[Ame no hohi no mikoto](Kojiki) The second of five male children produced as the result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) undertaken by Amaterasu and Susanoo, and known as ancestral kami ( sojin ) of the clans of Izumo. According to Kojiki , this kami was produced from the monozane ("s... |
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Amenoiwatowake |
[Ame no iwatowake](Kojiki) Other names: Kushiiwamado no kami, Toyoiwamado no kami ( Kojiki ) Kami of the gateway. According to Kojiki , Amenoiwatowake was, together with the deities Omoikane and Tajikarao, ordered to accompany the Heavenly Grandchild and his companions (Futoda... |
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Amenokagami |
[Ame no kagami no mikoto] (Nihongi) A kami found only in an "alternate writing" related by Nihongi . No details are provided regarding the kami other than the fact that it is described as the child of Kunitokotachi no mikoto. Whether the kami 's name alluded to a relationshi... |
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Amenokagoyama |
[Ame no kagoyama no mikoto] (Kuji hongi) Other names: Ama no kagoyama( Kuji hongi )Kumano no Takakuraji ( Kojiki , Nihongi ), Takakuraji no mikoto, Tekurihiko no mikoto( Kuji hongi ). A kami which presented the sword Futsu no mitama to the emperor Kamuyamatoiwarebiko (Jinmu Tennō). ... |
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Amenokoyane |
[Ame no koyane no mikoto] (Kojiki) Called an ancestor of the Nakatomi clan, this kami is described in various traditions as the child of Kogotomusuhi ( Nihongi ) or Kamimusuhi no kami ( Kogo shūi ), or a third generation descendant of Tsuhayamusuhi no mikoto ( Shinsen shōjiroku ). At th... |
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Amenominakanushi |
[Ame no minakanushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ame no minakanushi no mikoto( Nihongi ) According to certain of the myths relating the unfolding of heaven and earth, Amenominakanushi was the first kami to come into being in the Plain of Heaven as a "solitary kami " ( hito... |
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Amenoohabari |
[Ame no ohabari] (Kojiki) Other names: Itsu no ohabari no kami( Kojiki ), Ame no iwaya ni sumu kami, Itsu no ohashiri no kami ( Nihongi ). According to Kojiki , the name of the "ten-span sword" which Izanagi used to kill his offspring, the fire kami Kagutsuchi. From the blood o... |
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Amenooshihi |
[Ame no oshihi no mikoto] (Kojiki) One of the kami accompanying the Heavenly Grandchild on his descent from heaven ( tenson kōrin ). Ancestral kami ( sojin ) of lineages descending from the Ōtomo and Saeki clans. According to Kogo shūi , Amenooshihi was the child of Takamimusuhi. In Ko... |
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Amenooshihomimi |
[Ame no oshihomimi no mikoto](Kojiki) Other names: Masakaakatsu kachihayahi ame no oshihomimi no mikoto( Kojiki , Nihongi ), Masakaakatsu kachihayahi ame no oshihone no mikoto( Nihongi ) One of the male kami produced as a result of the trial by pledge ( ukei ) performed by Amaterasu ... |
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Amenosagume |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) A vassal kami to Amewakahiko. In order to question Amewakahiko regarding his delayed return to Heaven, Amaterasu and Takamimusuhi sent a pheasant as observer and messenger. Amenosagume saw the pheasant observing Amewakahiko from a tree outside the gate, and t... |
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