Ame-no-Koyane

Ame-no-Koyane
God of Divine Mirror, Great Divination, Divine Affairs
Japanese天児屋命
Major cult center
TextsKojiki, Nihon Shoki, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki
Genealogy
ParentsKamimusubi (Kogo Shūi), Kogotomusuhi (Nihon Shoki)
Children

Ame-no-Koyane-no-mikoto (天児屋命, 天児屋根命) is a kami and a male deity in Japanese mythology and Shinto. He is the ancestral god of the Nakatomi clan, and Fujiwara no Kamatari, the founder of the powerful Fujiwara clan. An Amatsukami, 'Kami of heaven', he resides in Takamagahara.