Deity
Ame-no-Mikumari-no-Kami
Deity name recorded in the Kokugakuin Deity Name Database, attested in Kojiki (712 CE) in the kuni-umi / kami-umi section.
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Kojiki deity name attested in the kuni-umi / kami-umi section; preserved in the Kokugakuin Deity Name Database.
Description
Ame-no-Mikumari-no-Kami is a deity name preserved in the Kokugakuin University Deity Name Database. The database notes the kuni-umi / kami-umi (land- and kami-generation) section of Kojiki (712 CE) as the place of attestation. Interpretations of meaning and identification vary across commentaries, so IZANORA treats source attestation as the anchor for adding relationship lines.
Sources
天之水分神 あめのみくまりのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」天之水分神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/amenomikumarinokami/水分神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
『古事記』神産み段で速秋津日子神・速秋津比売神の子として生まれる天之水分神について、水配り神としての職掌と、吉野水分・葛城水分など水分信仰の展開を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E4%B9%8B%E6%B0%B4%E5%88%86%E7%A5%9E
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