Ame-no-Koyane
Ama-no-Koyane-no-mikoto (天児屋命, 天児屋根命) is a kami, a male deity of the Japanese religion of Shinto. He is one of the deities of Kasuga Shrine, Nara and of Hiraoka Shrine, Higashiōsaka, Japan.
He is considered to be an ancestor of the Nakatomi clan and, hence, its most famous branch - the Fujiwara clan.
In some versions he is the son of Kamimusubi.[1]
External links
- http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp - Encyclopedia of Shinto
- Ameno Koyane - History of Japan Database
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