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Amenikishi-Kuninikishi-Amatsuhitaka-Hikoho-no-Ninigi-no-Mikoto

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Heavenly deity recorded in Kojiki (712 CE), commonly known as Ninigi-no-Mikoto. Grandson of Amaterasu and central figure of the Tenson Korin (heavenly descent).

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Kojiki name of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, grandson of Amaterasu and central figure of the heavenly descent to Takachiho.

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Amenikishi-Kuninikishi-Amatsuhitaka-Hikoho-no-Ninigi-no-Mikoto is the formal Kojiki name of the heavenly deity commonly called Ninigi-no-Mikoto. Kojiki (712 CE, upper volume, Tenson Korin section) records that the descent was originally to be undertaken by his father Ame-no-Oshihomimi-no-Mikoto but was transferred to Ninigi. Bearing the Three Sacred Treasures (Yata-no-Kagami mirror, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi sword, and Yasakani-no-Magatama jewel) and attended by the Five Itsutomo-no-O (Omoikane, Ame-no-Koyane, Futodama, Ame-no-Uzume, and Tamanooya) as well as the warrior deities Ame-no-Oshihi and Amatsu-Kume, he descended to 'the Kushi-furu-take peak of Takachiho in Hyuga of Tsukushi.' Nihon Shoki (720 CE, Jindai-ge, ninth-segment alternate texts) provides multiple parallel accounts. His father is Ame-no-Oshihomimi, mother Takuhata-Chiji-hime, and grandmother Amaterasu Omikami. He wed Konohanasakuya-hime and fathered Hoderi (Umisachi), Hosuseri, and Hoori (Yamasachi); through Hoori's grandson Emperor Jinmu, he stands at the origin of the imperial line. Principal places of veneration are Kirishima Jingu in Kirishima, Kagoshima; Takachiho Shrine in Miyazaki; and Nitta Shrine in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima.

Genealogy

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  • 天邇岐志国邇岐志天津日高日子番能邇々芸命 あめにきしくににきしあまつひたかひこほのににぎのみこと

    Primary source

    國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」天邇岐志国邇岐志天津日高日子番能邇々芸命。

    https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/amenikishikuninikishiamatsuhitakahikohononiniginomikoto/
  • 古事記 上巻 天孫降臨段

    Primary source

    古事記 上巻 天孫降臨段に基づく神格・系譜・登場場面の整理。

  • 神道・神名辞典 邇邇芸命項

    Secondary source

    神道・神名辞典 邇邇芸命項を参照した神格名・関連文脈の補助確認。

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