Ame-no-Koyane
The ancestral kami of the Nakatomi clan, and of Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan. He is a son of Kamimusubi and the father of Tamakushi-hime. Amaterasu made him guardian of the mirror Yata-no-Kagami and he was put in charge of divine affairs of the Imperial Palace.
↻ synthesized from 2 sources
When
- First attested
- 600 CE
- Attested period
- 600 – 2020
- Historical notes
- Mentioned in Kojiki (c. early 8th century).
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Ame-no-Minakanushi, Kotoshironushi, Omoikane, Futsunushi, Futodama, Ishikoridome, Tamanoya, Shitateruhime, Ame no Wakahiko, 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, Amaterasu, Takemikazuchi, Ōkuninushi, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Ame no Hohi, Susano'o
- parent of
- Tamakushi-hime
- serves
- Ninigi
- child of
- Kamimusubi
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 11 more
Sources
Source passages
“Ame-no-Koyane The ancestral kami of the Nakatomi clan, and of Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan. He is a son of Kamimusubi and the father of Tamakushi-hime.”
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“Five of the gods who accompanied him in his descent - Ame-no-Koyane, Futodama, Ame-no-Uzume, Ishikoridome (the maker of the mirror), and Tamanoya (the maker of the jewel) - meanwhile became the ancestors of the clans involved in court ceremonial such as the Nakatomi and the Inbe.”
#12469 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001