7/24/2023 0 Comments Tama kami shintoIt is considered that this kami is a conceptual god created in the course of the formation of the Kojiki and Nihonshoki mythology under the influence of the Chinese thought of the Lord of Heaven. ![]() No mention whatsoever is made either in Kojiki or Nihonshoki of this kami's subsequent deeds, and this kami is said to be 'Chukushin' (literally, a god without form). ![]() He is regarded as the origin of the cosmos or as the cosmos itself. The name of this kami implies that it is the presiding god sitting in the middle of heaven (Takamagahara). Other alternate writings quoted in Nihonshoki state differently about the god who first appeared Kuni no Tokotachi no Mikoto (main version, the first, the fourth and the fifth alternate writing) Umashiashikabihikoji (the second and the third alternate writing) Ame no Tokotachi no Kami (the sixth alternate writing) It is stated there that a kami called Kuninotokotachi no Kami first appeared and then did another by the name of Kuninosatsuchi no Mikoto then follows a statement that 'the god in Takamagahara is called Ame no Minakanushi no Mikoto.'įrom these descriptions it is not clear which god came into being first. There is no description of this kami in the main version of Nihonshoki, and one is found only in the fourth of the six "alternate writings" quoted in its Section 1. These three pillars of gods are called "Zoka-sanshin" (three kami of creation), who are said to be genderless ' hitorigami' (god without gender).Īme no Minakanushi no Kami as described in " Nihonshoki" (The Chronicles of Japan) Kojiki further describes that a couple of kami appeared later and soon disappeared, namely Takamimusubi and Kamimusubi. In Kojiki, Ame no Minakanushi no Kami is described as the first god who made an appearance in "Takamagahara" (the Plain of High Heaven or the Japanese Olympus) at the time of the creation of heaven and earth (Japanese mythology). He is one of the five pillars of Kotoamatsukami (literally, separate heavenly gods) who were involved in the Creation.Īme no Minakanushi no Kami as described in " Kojiki" (the Records of Ancient Matters) Ame no Minakanushi no Kami is one of the gods ( Shinto) who appear in Japanese mythology.
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