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In the ritual, the two gods each chewed and spat out an object carried by the other (in some variants, an item they each possessed). Five (or six) gods and three goddesses were born as a result; Amaterasu adopted the males as her sons and gave the females – later known as the three Munakata goddesses – to Susanoo. [43] [44] [45]
Init-init: the Itneg god of the Sun married to the mortal Aponibolinayen; during the day, he leaves his house to shine light on the world [7] Chal-chal: the Bontok god of the Sun whose son's head was cut off by Kabigat; [8] aided the god Lumawig in finding a spouse [9] Mapatar: the Ifugao sun deity of the sky in charge of daylight [10]
Kōjin (三宝荒神), is the god of fire, the hearth, and the kitchen. Konjin (金神) Kotoshironushi (事代主神) Kuebiko (久延毘古), the god of knowledge and agriculture, represented in Japanese mythology as a scarecrow who cannot walk but has comprehensive awareness. Kukunochi, believed to be the ancestor of trees. [22]
The Sun goddess and her sibling the moon god's interpersonal conflicts explain, in Japanese myth, why the Sun and the Moon do not stay in the sky at the same time — their distaste for one another keeps them both turning away from the other. [1] Meanwhile, the sun goddess and the storm god Susanoo's conflicts were intense and bloody. [10]
The Shinto storm god, brother of Amaterasu the sun goddess and Tsukuyomi the moon god. He was banished from Takamagahara and some say he now rules Ne-no-kuni. Suzaku The Japanese version of the Chinese Vermilion Bird of the South. Suzuri-no-tamashii An inkstone that has come to life as a tsukumogami.
Huitzilopochtli, the Aztec god of the sun and war. In Aztec mythology, Tonatiuh (Nahuatl languages: Ollin Tonatiuh, "Movement of the Sun") was the sun god. The Aztec people considered him the leader of Tollan . He was also known as the fifth sun, because the Aztecs believed that he was the sun that took over when the fourth sun was expelled ...
Ninigi-no-Mikoto (Japanese: 瓊瓊杵尊) is a deity in Japanese mythology. [1] (-no-Mikoto here is an honorific title applied to the names of Japanese gods; Ninigi is the specific god's name.) Grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu, [2] Ninigi is regarded according to Japanese mythology as the great-grandfather of Japan’s first emperor ...
In Japanese mythology, the Yatagarasu is said to have guided Emperor Jimmu to Kashihara in Yamato, and is believed to be a god of guidance. He is also believed to be an incarnation of the sun . In the Kojiki , he was sent by Takamimusubi , and in the Nihon Shoki , he was sent by Amaterasu .