
Deity
Amaterasu-Omikami
A deity (kami) situated within the mythology of the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki, serving as an entry point to associated shrines and sacred sites through domains of pathway-opening and health.
Description
Amaterasu Ōmikami is organized as a deity (kami) referenced within the context of Kojiki and Nihon Shoki mythology. Based on the names and ritual character found in these classical texts and shrine records, the entry presents her as a point of reference on the public graph rather than as a matter of historical assertion.
The domains associated with pathway-opening and health are not presented as determinations of modern efficacy, but rather as classifications enabling search and mapping across related shrines, temples, and expressions of belief. Within IZANORA, interpretation of the deity herself is not expanded beyond verification, instead presenting what can be confirmed through the places where she is venerated, the legends in which she appears, and the relational connections to other deities.
Genealogy
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- Iseyama Kotai Jingu伊勢山皇大神宮
- Ise Grand Shrine — Inner Shrine (Naikū)伊勢神宮 内宮
- Isono Shrine伊曽乃神社
- Sada Shrine佐太神社
- Sana Shrine佐那神社
- Rokujo Hachiman jinja六条八幡神社
- Kashikuri Shrine加紫久利神社
- Tsuchizaki Shinmeisha土崎神明社
- Sakata Jinmei Gu坂田神明宮
- Tado-taisha多度大社
- Ohara Hachimangu大原八幡宮
- Amaniwato Shrine天岩戸神社
- Munakata-taisha宗像大社
- Sanno Shrine (Nagasaki)山王神社
- Okayama Shrine岡山神社
- Iwamizawa Shrine岩見沢神社
- Watarai Okunitama Hime jinja度会大国玉比賣神社
- Hirosaki Hachimangu弘前八幡宮
- Oiwa Shrine御岩神社
- Tokorozawa Shinmeisha所澤神明社
- Nichi O Saki jinja日御碕神社
- Asahimori Tenmangu Shrine朝日森天満宮
- Hirakiki jinja枚聞神社
- Hibara-jinja檜原神社
- Suzaki Hama Miya Jinmei jinja洲崎濱宮神明神社
- Atsuta Grand Shrine熱田神宮
- Tamatsushima Shrine玉津島神社
- Tamanooya Shrine玉祖神社
- Tamaki Shrine玉置神社
- Amanawa Jinmei jinja甘縄神明神社
- Kotai Jingu (Ise Naiku)皇大神宮
- Iwasaka Jinmei jinja磐境神明神社
- Jinmei Gu神明宮
- Yo Ki Tenma jinja與喜天満神社
- Chinu-jinja茅渟神社
- Kusatsu Hachiman Shrine草津八幡神社
- Arata Hachimangu荒田八幡宮
- Sugawara Tenmangu菅原天満宮
- Kabushima Shrine蕪嶋神社
- Nishinomiya Shrine西宮神社
- Sasamuta Shrine西寒多神社
- Nishi Mizudai Yasaka jinja西水代八坂神社
- Toyouke Daijingu (Ise Geku)豊受大神宮
- Monzen Yasaka jinja門前八坂神社
- Kaiseizan Daijingu開成山大神宮
- A Betto Jinmei Gu阿別当神明宮
- Kiri Shima Higashi jinja霧島東神社
- Komagata Shrine (Iwate)駒形神社
- Ayukai Hachimangu鮎貝八幡宮
- Hato Mine Hachiman jinja鳩峯八幡神社
- Udo Jingu鵜戸神宮
- Tsuruyama Hachimangu鶴山八幡宮
- Omi Jinmei Gu麻績神明宮
Appears in legends
Related sacred objects
Sources
古事記 上巻 禊祓・岩戸隠れ段(天照大御神)
Primary source太安万侶(撰)
太安万侶撰「古事記」上巻、和銅5年(712年)成立。天照大御神の誕生・高天原支配・天岩戸神話を記す。國學院大學 古典文化学事業 デジタル版古事記による。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/天照大御神 関連社寺由緒資料
Institutional source各社寺・公的機関
天照大御神の祭祀・信仰上の性格を確認するための由緒資料。
Amaterasu-Ōmikami — Wikidata Q80083
Secondary sourceWikidata contributors
Wikidata structured data entry Q80083: Amaterasu-Ōmikami. 開放知識グラフによる構造化データ。
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q80083天照大御神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
天照大御神の概要に関する二次整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E7%85%A7%E5%A4%A7%E5%BE%A1%E7%A5%9E
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