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Ame-no-Minakanushi

deity sky Japanese single tradition · 4

The first, or one of the first gods to manifest when the heavens and the earth came into existence. He is a hitorigami and one of the five kotoamatsukami.

↻ synthesized from 4 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in early Japanese mythological texts.

Relationships

co occurs with
Oyagami, Sukuna-biko-na, Kuebiko, Kami-Musubi, Amaterasu-ōmikami, Izanagi-no-mikoto, Izanami-no-mikoto, Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, Takehaya Susanoo-no-Mikoto, Hoori-no-Mikoto, Hoderi-no-Mikoto, Hosuseri-no-Mikoto, Takami-Musubi, Ame-no-Uzume, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amanozako, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsuhikone, Amatsukami, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Takemikazuchi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Omizunu, Amenohoakari, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Ame no Hohi, Ame no Wakahiko, Ame-no-Koyane, Kamimusubi, Tamakushi-hime, Ōkuninushi, Susano'o
allied with
Takami-Musubi-no-Kami, Kami-Musubi-no-Kami

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Sources

wikipedia (4)
  1. List of legendary creatures from Japan
  2. Oyagami
  3. Sukunabikona
  4. Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto

Source passages

“Ame-no-Minakanushi The first, or one of the first gods to manifest when the heavens and the earth came into existence. He is a hitorigami and one of the five kotoamatsukami.”

#4969 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“This belief is linked to the deity Ame-no-Minakanushi or the first kami.”

#10333 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Kamimusubi is part of the primordial creator trinity with Takamimusubi and Ame-no-Minakanushi.”

#10491 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A similar structure is found in cases like Takami-Musubi-no-Kami and Kami-Musubi-no-Kami being paired with Ame-no-Minakanushi”

#19616 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5