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Amenooshihomimi name means "Ruling Rice Ears of Heaven". He also goes by other names like Masakatsu-akatsukachi-hayahi-ame-no-oshihomimi which means "Truly Winning Have I Won with Rushing Might Ruling Grand Rice Ears of Heaven".[1][better source needed]
Mythology
Birth
He was born out of a kami making competition between Amaterasu and
Susanoo.
In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.[5][1] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was
Ame-no-hohi, third was
Amatsuhikone, fourth was
Ikutsuhikone, and
Kumanokusubi was the fifth.[3][6][7][8]
Offer to rule
In some versions, Amaterasu gave Amenooshihomimi a
bronze mirror and this mirror, called
Yata no Kagami.[9] In many versions, Amenooshihomimi is the first to be offered as the ruler of earth however, he turns it down.[10][11]
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abcdeNihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by
William George Aston. Book II, page 73. Tuttle Publishing. Tra edition (July 2005). First edition published 1972.
ISBN978-0-8048-3674-6
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abcde"According to the 'Kojiki', the great 8th century A.D. compilation of Japanese mythology, Konohana Sakuya-hime married a god who grew suspicious of her when she became pregnant shortly after their wedding. To prove her fidelity to her husband, she entered a benign
bower and miraculously gave birth to a son, unscathed by the surrounding flames. The fire ceremony at Fuji-Yyoshida recalls this story as a means of protecting the town from fire and promoting easy childbirth among women."
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abcAkima, Toshio (1993). "The Origins of the Grand Shrine of Ise and the Cult of the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Ōmikami". Japan Review. 4 (4): 143.
ISSN0915-0986.
JSTOR25790929.