- Ame-no-
Koyane-no-mikoto (天児屋命, 天児屋根命) is a kami and a male
deity in ****anese
mythology and Shinto. He is the
ancestral god of the
Nakatomi clan, and Fujiwara...
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Nakatomi clan and, as
legend held,
through them
their ancestral god Ame-no-
Koyane. The
Fujiwara prospered since the
ancient times and
dominated the imperial...
- But it
usually includes the
following gods: Uzume, Sarutahiko, Ame-no-
Koyane, ****odama,
Ishikori dome, and Tamanoya; many of
these deities would later...
- goddess. The male
equivalent is
Hikogami (比古神). She is the wife of Ame-no-
Koyane.
Himegami means "female kami" or "goddess" in ****anese. They are important...
- held in his
hands by ****otama-no-Mikoto as
solemn offerings, and Ame-no-
Koyane-no-Mikoto
intoned a
solemn liturgy. Ame-no-Tajikarao-no-Kami
stood concealed...
- this
lineage becomes the
patriarchal ancestor of the
children of Ama-no-
Koyane (天児屋命, 天児屋根命). Achi shrine, Kurashiki,
Okayama prefecture Chichibu shrine...
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government supported shrines. The four main kami
enshrined here are Ame no
koyane, Himegami, ****sunushi no mikoto, and
Takemikazuchi no mikoto.
Though these...
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Nakatomi 中臣
Titles Various Founder Ame-no-
Koyane Final ruler Nakatomi no
Itohito Founding year
Unknown Cadet branches Fujiwara clan Ōnakatomi clan...
- clan (藤原氏) –
descended from
Fujiwara no Kamatari, and
through him, Ame-no-
Koyane. 4
families of
Fujiwara (藤原四家) –
descended from 4 sons of
Fujiwara no Fuhito...
- Amaterasu. Ame-no-Naemasu (天苗加命), said to be son of ****sunushi. Ame-no-
Koyane (天児屋命 or 天児屋根命) A male deity, he is
considered the "First in
Charge of Divine...
