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The child was thus named 'Ki(no)mata-no-Kami' (木俣神, from ki (no) mata "tree fork"). [ 70 ] [ 69 ] Ōkuninushi – in this section of the narrative given the name Yachihoko-no-Kami (八千矛神, "Deity of Eight Thousand Spears") – then wooed a third woman, Nunakawahime (沼河比売) of the land of Koshi , singing the following poem :
Ame no Hohi's sons are called Ame-no-Hinadori and Takehi-Nateru. [1] Ame no Hohi is believed to be the ancestor of the Izumo no Omi [8] [page needed] as well as the priests of the Izumo and Sugawara clans. [9] Nomi no Sukune is said to be one of his descendants. [10] He is also believed to be the ancestor of the Haji clan. [11]
The Kojiki portrays Ame-no-Minakanushi as the first god to appear in the heavenly realm of Takamagahara after the emergence of heaven and earth from the primeval chaos: . At the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami; next, Takamimusubi-no-Kami; next, Kamimusubi-no-Kami.
He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo. In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami. [5] [1] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.
Amenohoakari is also said to be the same kami as Nigihayahi, the ancester of the Hozumi clan and Mononobe clan. [3] However, there has been research which rejects conflating the two kami and insists it is a fabrication and absurd claim made only to link the two kami when it is is said that Nigihayahi is Nigini-no-Mikoto's older brother. [4]
Musubi-no-Kami (結びの神, lit. ' deity of binding ' ) – One of the Shinto kami of creation; also known as the kami of matchmaking, love, and marriages. Musuhi ( 産霊 ) – A term in Shinto for the spiritual influences that produces all the things in the universe and helps them develop and complete their cycle.
He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo. In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami. [4] [5] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.
The Engishiki Jinmyōchō is the part of the Engishiki where the main shrines and kami of Japan are listed. Shrines listed in the Engishiki are referred to collectively as shikinaisha (式内社, "in Engishiki shrines") while shrines that existed at the time but were not included are called shikigesha (式外社, "out of Engishiki shrines").