Deity
Kamo-no-Omikami
Kamo-no-Omikami is a divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. It appears in the Kojiki lineage of Okuninushi.
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Divine name from the Kojiki (712 CE); alternate name of Ajisukitakahikone, Kamo clan ancestor.
Description
Kamo-no-Omikami (迦毛大御神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll lineage section of Okuninushi-no-Kami. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves this reading. The figure is an alternate name for Ajisukitakahikone-no-Kami, the son of Okuninushi and Tagirihime; he is honored as the ancestral deity of the Kamo clan and enshrined at Takakamo Shrine in Gose, Nara Prefecture. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
Sources
迦毛大御神 かものおほみかみ／かものおおみかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」迦毛大御神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kamonoomikami/アヂスキタカヒコネ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
迦毛大御神（カモノオオミカミ）について、アヂスキタカヒコネの尊称としての位置、天若日子葬送譚での剣行為、葛城・賀茂氏祖神としての祭祀を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%82%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AD%E3%82%BF%E3%82%AB%E3%83%92%E3%82%B3%E3%83%8D
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