Amaterasu Ō(mi)kami
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Amaterasu Ō(mi)kami is a variant name for Amaterasu Ōmikami given in the Nihon Shoki. Ōmikami means 'great august deity' (ō 'great' + honorific prefix mi- + kami).
When
- First attested
- 700 CE
- Attested period
- 700 – 720
- Historical notes
- Variant name in Nihon Shoki (8th c.).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Amaterasu Ōhirume no Mikoto, Hi-no-Kami, Hiruko, Sume(ra)-Ō(mi)kami, Amaterasu Sume(ra) Ō(mi)kami, Amaterashimasu-Sume(ra)-Ōmikami, Tenshō Daijin, Amateru Ongami, Izanagi, Izanami, Ōhirume-no-Muchi
- manifests as
- Amaterasu-ōmikami
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“Nihon Shoki gives the following variant names: Ōhirume-no-Muchi (大日孁貴; Man'yōgana: 於保比屢咩能武智; hist. orthography: おほひるめのむち, Ohohirume-no-Muchi; Old Japanese: Opopi1rume1-no2-Muti) Amaterasu Ō(mi)kami (天照大神; hist. orthography: あまてらすおほ(み)かみ, Amaterasu Oho(mi)kami)”
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