In the Nihon Shoki's main narrative and many of the variant accounts cited in it, the very first kami is identified instead as Kuni-no-Tokotachi Ame-no-Minakanushi only appears in passing in one of these variants: Ame-no-Minakanushi is reckoned as the first of the "three deities of creation" (造化三神, zōka sanshin) and one of the five "distinguished heavenly gods" (別天津神, kotoamatsukami). Unlike later generations of kami, the first seven gods were "single" or "solitary" in that they came into being one by one, without any counterparts, and are described as hiding their presence upon coming into existence. These three deities all came into existence as single deities ( hitorigami), and their forms were not visible (or 'they hid their bodies'). The Kojiki portrays Ame-no-Minakanushi as the first god to appear in the heavenly realm of Takamagahara after the emergence of heaven and earth from the primeval chaos:Īt the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami next, Takamimusubi-no-Kami next, Kamimusubi-no-Kami.
The same deity is referred to as 'Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Mikoto' (天御中主尊) in a variant account cited in the Nihon Shoki (720 CE). The kami is given the name 'Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami' (天之御中主神 Old Japanese: Ame 2-no 2-Mi 1nakanusi ) in the Kojiki (ca.
"Lord of the August Center of Heaven" ) is a deity ( kami) in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as the very first or one of the first deities who manifested when heaven and earth came into existence. Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Kogo Shūi, Sendai Kuji HongiĪme-no-Minakanushi (天之御中主, lit.
Creation of the world according to the Kojiki, showing the five primordial gods ( kotoamatsukami) and the subsequent seven generations of deities ( kamiyonanayo)Ĭhiba Shrine, Kurume Suitengū, and others
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