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Niwatsuhi-no-Kami

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Niwatsuhi-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) as a child of Otoshi-no-Kami by Amechikarumizuhime, a household courtyard deity paired with Niwatakatsuhi-no-Kami.

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Niwatsuhi-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) as a courtyard deity child of Otoshi-no-Kami, paired with Niwatakatsuhi-no-Kami.

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Niwatsuhi-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) Upper Volume in the Otoshi-no-Kami genealogical passage as a child of Otoshi-no-Kami by Amechikarumizuhime. The name reads niwa (forecourt of the house) and tsuhi (numinous power), as the deity of the dwelling-ground surrounding the house, paired with the sibling Niwatakatsuhi-no-Kami. The ten siblings of the same mother include Okutsuhiko-no-Kami, Okutsuhime-no-Mikoto (hearth deity), Oyamakui-no-Kami (Mount Hiei), Ohotsuchi-no-Kami, Asuwa-no-Kami, Hahiki-no-Kami, Kayamatotoomi-no-Kami and Hayamato-no-Kami. The database preserves the entry with its source citation. IZANORA registers the name as a node and draws relations only from the cited source.

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