Ikutsuhikone
| Ikutsuhikone | |
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| Siblings | Ame-no-oshihomimi (brother)
Amatsuhikone (brother) Ame no Hohi (brother) Kumanokusubi (brother) |
Ikutsuhikone (lit. Lively little lad, 活津日子根命 (Kojiki) 活津彦根命 (Nihon Shoki)) is a God of Japanese mythology. He is a son of Amaterasu. There are many stories about his birth from different books. In most stories he was born from Amaterasu’s jewels after being chewed and spit out by Susanoo.[1][2][3][4][5]
Susanoo created five children from Amaterasu's jewels. He was the fourth child.[6][7][8][9]
In some stories the jewels belonged to Susanoo so he is a son of Susanoo.[1]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ikutsuhikone • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
- ↑ Kitagawa, Joseph Mitsuo (1987-10-21). On Understanding Japanese Religion. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0-691-10229-0.
- ↑ "Amaterasu". Mythopedia.com. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
- ↑ Chamberlain (1882). Section XIII.—The August Oath.
- ↑ . Wikisource.
- ↑ Havens, Norman; Inoue, Nobutaka (2006). An Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten): Kami. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University. ISBN 978-4-905853-08-4.
- ↑ "Shinto Portal - IJCC, Kokugakuin University".
- ↑ "The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese". 1990.
- ↑ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kumanokusubi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-07.