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Takamimusuhi-no-Kami
Takamimusuhi-no-Kami is one of the three creator deities of Kojiki (712 CE) and Nihon Shoki (720 CE); also called Takagi-no-Kami, he leads the descent of the heavenly grandson from Takamagahara.
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Takamimusuhi-no-Kami is the second of the three creator deities in Kojiki (712 CE), who later leads the descent of the heavenly grandson and is also called Takagi-no-Kami.
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Takamimusuhi-no-Kami is recorded at the opening of Kojiki (712 CE) Upper Volume as the second of the three creator deities to come into being in Takamagahara, after Amenominakanushi-no-Kami and before Kamimusubi-no-Kami. In Nihon Shoki (720 CE) Jindai chapter seven he is placed at the apex of the divine genealogy, with the role weighted differently between the main text and the variant accounts. He acts as a leading deity in the council that pacifies Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni and in the descent of Ninigi-no-Mikoto, alongside Amaterasu-Omikami. His name also appears as Takagi-no-Kami. His children include Omoikane-no-Kami, who plans the recovery from the rock-cave, and Takuhatachichihime-no-Mikoto, the mother of Ninigi, placing him at a central node of the imperial genealogy. He is enshrined at Tokyo Daijingu, Adachi Tara Jinja in Fukushima and Takakamo Jinja in Nara.
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高御産巣日神 たかみむすひのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」高御産巣日神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/takamimusuhinokami/古事記 上巻 天地初発段
Primary source古事記 上巻 天地初発段に基づく神格・系譜・登場場面の整理。
神道・神名辞典 高御産巣日神項
Secondary source神道・神名辞典 高御産巣日神項を参照した神格名・関連文脈の補助確認。
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