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Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社,
Kamigamo Jinja) is an
important Shinto sanctuary on the
banks of the Kamo
River in
north Kyoto,
first founded in 678. Its formal...
- Kaminari-sama (雷様), Raiden-sama (雷電様),
Narukami (鳴る神),
Raikou (雷公), and
Kamowakeikazuchi-no-kami is a god of lightning, thunder, and
storms in ****anese mythology...
- Name
Image Type
Period Location Description Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine (賀茂別雷神社) a.k.a.
Kamigamo Shrine (上賀茂神社)
Shinto shrine 7th
century -
early Heian period...
- Shoki), or Ōmononushi (Kojiki)
Issue Kamo no Okimi, Himetataraisuzu-hime, Isuzuyori-hime,
Kamowakeikazuchi-no-mikoto [ja]
Father Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto...
- Name
Location Kamo-jinja (賀茂神社)
Kamowakeikazuchi-jinja (賀茂別雷神社) Kita-ku,
Kyoto Kamomioya-jinja (賀茂御祖神社) Sakyō-ku,
Kyoto Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū (石清水八幡宮)...
- Tamayorihime-no-mikoto is said to have
conceived and
given birth to
Kamowakeikazuchi-no-mikoto [ja] (the
deity of
Kamigamo Shrine)
after putting a red lacquered...
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Kamowakeikazuchi Jinja Precinct...
- Higashi/Nishi Honden) Main Hall (本殿, honden) and ****ociate Hall (権殿, gonden)
Kamowakeikazuchi Shrine or
Kamigamo Shrine Both
structures are
identical in size and...
