Amenohiboko

Amenohiboko (天日槍) was a legendary prince of Silla who settled in Japan during the era of Emperor Suinin, around the 3rd or 4th century. Amenohiboko is said to have lived in Tajima Province, and his descendants are the Tajima clan (多遅摩氏). He is the ancestral god of Tajima Province and is supposedly enshrined in the Shinto Shrine (Izushi jinja) at Toyooka in Hyōgo Prefecture. Seven or eight treasures brought by Amenohiboko are thought to be housed in Izushi Shrine in Hyōgo Prefecture.

His descendant, Tajimahitaka (多遅摩比多訶)'s daughter, Kazuraki no Takanukahime (葛城高顙媛) became the mother of Empress Jingū; Tajimahitaka's brother, Tajimamori (多遅麻毛理), became the god of sweets.

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