Ame-no-Koyane

Ame-no-Koyane
Ame-no-Koyane
God of Divine Mirror, Great Divination, Divine Affairs
Japanese	天児屋命
Major cult center	Kasuga Grand Shrine; Hiraoka Shrine; Yoshida Shrine; Ōharano Shrine;
Texts	Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki
Personal information
Parents	Kamimusubi
Children	Ame-no-Oshikumone; Uwaharu; Shitaharu; Tamayoribime;

Ame-no-Koyane-no-mikoto (天児屋命, 天児屋根命) is a kami and a male deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto. He is the ancestral god of the Nakatomi clan, and Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan. An Amatsukami, 'Kami of heaven', he resides in Takamagahara.

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