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Ame no Hohi (天菩比神,天穗日命,アメノホヒ, "Heavenly grain sun") [1] is a male deity and the second son of sun goddess Amaterasu in Japanese mythology. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko or the historical rulers of Izumo and modern heads of Izumo-taisha and Izumo-taishakyo descend from him.
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 :
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.
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. [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.
During Ame-no-Wakahiko's funeral, Shitateruhime 's brother Ajisukitakahikone, a close friend of Ame-no-Wakahiko, arrived to pay his condolences. As he closely resembled Ame-no-Wakahiko in appearance, the family of the deceased mistook him for Ame-no-Wakahiko come back to life.
The name Ame-no-tajikarao carries the connotation of a male god with extreme and surmounting physical brute strength. The Japanese company, Tachikara, which specializes in sports equipment, is named after the god, because he is "known historically as the 'god of power' in Japanese folklore."
Kamimusubi (神産巣日), also known as Kamimusuhi among other variants, is a kami and god of creation in Japanese mythology.They are a hitorigami, and the third of the first three kami to come into existence (Kotoamatsukami), [1] alongside Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi, forming a trio at the beginning of all creation. [2]