Takamimusubi

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Takamimusubi
Creation of the world according to the Kojiki, showing the five primordial gods (kotoamatsukami) and the subsequent seven generations of deities (kamiyonanayo)
Japanese高御産巣日神
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Takamimusubi (高御産巣日神, lit. "High Creator") is a

god of agriculture in Japanese mythology, who was the second of the first beings to come into existence.[1][page needed
]

It is speculated that Takamimusubi was originally the tutelary deity for the Japanese imperial family.[2] According to the Kojiki, Takamimusubi was a hitorigami.[3]

Mythology

According to Kojiki, when the heaven and earth were created, Ame-no-Minakanushi was the first one to appear in Takamagahara, Takamimusubi the second, and Kamimusubi the third.[4]

One myth tells of a bird named Nakime who was sent down to earth to check in on

Amewakahiko. Amewakahiko shot the bird with his bow. The arrow pierced through the bird, but the arrow flew all the way to heaven. Takamimusubi saw the arrow and threw it back at the earth where it hit Amewakahiko while he was laying in bed, killing him.[5]

Family

He is the father of several gods including Takuhadachiji-hime (栲幡千千姫), Omoikane, Futodama (in some versions Takamimusubi is instead the grandfather of Futodama)[6] and some versions Ame-no-oshihomimi.[7] According to Nihon Shoki, he is the father of Sukunabikona.[8][9]

According to

Tamanoya.[10]

In one version of the Nihon Shoki, Mihotsuhime (三穂津姫) is the daughter of Takamimusubi.[11]

He is the grandfather of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, who descended on Ashihara no Nakatsukuni first as a member of the Imperial Family and was a grandson of Amaterasu, according to the Nihon Shoki.[citation needed]

Amaterasu[12]Takamimusubi[13][14][15]
Ame-no-oshihomimi[12]Takuhadachiji-hime[13][14][15][16][17][18]Ōyamatsumi[19][20]
Ninigi-no-Mikoto[16][17][18][12][21]
(天孫)
Konohanasakuya-hime[19][20]Watatsumi[22][23][24][25]
Hoderi[19][20][26]Hosuseri[19][20]
(海幸彦)
Hoori[19][20][21]
(山幸彦)
Toyotama-hime[22]Utsushihikanasaku [ja][23][24][25][27]Furutama-no-mikoto [ja]
Tensori no Mikoto [ja][26]Ugayafukiaezu[21][28]Tamayori-hime[22]Azumi people[27]Owari clan
Yamato clan)
Inahi[28]
Mikeiri[28]Jimmu[28]Ahiratsu-hime[29]
Imperial House of JapanTagishimimi[30][31][32][29]
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.

Worship

Izumo-taisha, one of the oldest Shinto shrines, is dedicated to Takamimusubi.[33] Towatari Shrine was converted into a Shinto shrine in the 19th century, and now enshrines several important Shinto creator deities, including Takamimusubi.[34]

Hasshinden was once a temple that enshrined him.[35]

See also

  • Musuhi

References

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