Ame no Hohi
The second son of Amaterasu, sent to earth to rule after his older brother Ame-no-oshihomimi refused. The amatsukami didn't hear from him for three years, so another kami was sent to rule. He is the ancestor of the Haji clan, the Izumo clan and the Sugawara clan, among others. Some say he was the father of Ame no Wakahiko.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Kojiki (c. early 8th century).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Kamimusubi, Tamakushi-hime, Ame-no-Minakanushi, Ame-no-Koyane, Kotoshironushi, Omoikane, Futsunushi, Ninigi, Futodama, Ishikoridome, Tamanoya, Shitateruhime, Ame no Wakahiko, Amanomichine-no-Mikoto, Nigini-no-Mikoto, Takami-Musubi, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amanozako, Tsukuyomi, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsuhikone, Amatsukami, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Omizunu, Amenohoakari, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Uzume, Takemikazuchi, Amaterasu, Nigihayahi, Susano'o
- sibling of
- Ame-no-oshihomimi
- parent of
- Ame no Wakahiko
- serves
- Ōkuninushi
- child of
- Amaterasu
Mentioned by
- Amanojaku
- Amazake-babaa
- Amemasu
- Amanozako
- Tsukuyomi
- Ame-no-Tajikarao
- Amatsuhikone
- Amatsukami
- Ama-Tsu-Mara
- Ishikori-dome no Mikoto
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Amefurikozō
- Ushi
- Ame-no-Fuyukinu
- Omizunu
and 9 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ame no Hohi The second son of Amaterasu, sent to earth to rule after his older brother Ame-no-oshihomimi refused. Some say he was the father of Ame no Wakahiko.”
#4964 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“At the advice of Omoikane and the other deities, Amaterasu then dispatched another of her five sons, Ame no Hohi. Upon arriving, however, Ame no Hohi began to curry favor with Ōkuninushi and did not send back any report for three years.”
#12463 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001