- 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...
- ****anese
aristocratic kin
group (uji). The clan
claims descent from Ame-no-
Koyane. The
Nakatomi was an
influential clan in
classical ****an.
Along with the...
-
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...
-
government supported shrines. The four main kami
enshrined here are Ame no
koyane, Himegami, ****sunushi no mikoto, and
Takemikazuchi no mikoto.
Though these...
- 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...
- 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...
- Ayakashikone [ja]
Izanagi and
Izanami Shusaishin Amaterasu Others Ame no Hohi Ame-no-
Koyane Ame-no-oshihomimi Ame-no-Tajikarao Ame-no-Uzume Ame no
Wakahiko ****odama...
- and
other gods came up with a plan to get her out. ****odama and Ame-no-
Koyane were
tasked with
performing a divination.
After Amaterasu left the cave...
