Ame no Hohi

Ame no Hohi
The sun
Genealogy
Parents
SiblingsAme-no-oshihomimi (brother)

Amatsuhikone (brother) Ikutsuhikone (brother)

Kumanokusubi (brother)
ChildrenAme-No-Wakahiko, Ame-no-Hinadori, Takehi-Nateru

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.[4][5]

  1. ^ Brown, Delmer M.; Hall, John Whitney; Brown, Delmer Myers; Press, Cambridge University; Jansen, Marius B.; McCullough, William H.; Shively, Donald H.; Yamamura, Kozo; Duus, Peter (1988). The Cambridge History of Japan. Cambridge University Press. p. 346. ISBN 978-0-521-22352-2.
  2. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Amenohohi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  3. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2021-10-21. Retrieved 2021-09-04.
  4. ^ Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-57607-467-1.
  5. ^ Zhong, Yijiang (2016-10-06). The Origin of Modern Shinto in Japan: The Vanquished Gods of Izumo. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4742-7109-7.

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