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Amamikyu (阿摩美久 or 阿摩彌姑, Okinawan: アマミチュー Amamichuu), or Amekushin-otome-ōankami (天久臣乙女王御神), is the
creation goddess of the
Ryukyu Islands in the Ryukyuan...
- Amami-shotō (奄美諸島) was also used. The name of
Amami is
probably cognate with
Amamikyu (阿摩美久), the
goddess of
creation in the
Ryukyuan creation myth. The Amami...
- as the "Island of the Gods".
According to legend, it is the
place where Amamikyu, the
creator of Ryukyu, came down from the sky and
started the founding...
- lagoons.
According to the Chūzan Seikan, the
Emperor of
Heaven ordered Amamikyu, the god of
Ryukyu development, to
descend on Cape
Kapur on
Kudaka Island...
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belief in
onarigami (おなり神), the
spiritual superiority of
women derived from
Amamikyu,
which allowed for the
development of a noro (priestess)
system and a significant...
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daughters of Tentei-shi, who was a
descendant of the
creation goddess,
Amamikyu. The
first daughter became the
first royal priestess (聞得大君, kikoe-ōgimi)...
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Ryukyuan history.
According to Chūzan Seikan, this was the spot
where Amamikyu,
goddess of creation, made
landfall on Okinawa. The
shrine area itself...
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onarigami (おなり神), the
spiritual superiority of
women derived from the
goddess Amamikyu,
which allowed for the
development of a
class of noro (priestesses) cult...
- of Nanjō.
According to the Chūzan
Seikan (1650), the
creation goddess,
Amamikyu,
built Chinen Castle soon
after forming the
Ryukyu Islands.
Chinen was...
- The
total area is 194.80 km2.
According to Chūzan Seikan, the
goddess Amamikyu consecrated the
first utaki in Asa
Forest at Hedo, in what is now Kunigami;...
