Kami (Shinto deity)
Ame no Koyane no Mikoto
天児屋根命
Ame no Koyane is handed down as the ancestral kami of the Nakatomi clan, and in the story of Ama no Iwato takes the role of offering words to lead Amaterasu Ōmikami back outside.
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What kind of kami
Ame no Koyane is handed down as the ancestral kami of the Nakatomi clan, and in the story of Ama no Iwato takes the role of offering words to lead Amaterasu Ōmikami back outside.
Source: 國學院大學
What the myths hand down
When Amaterasu Ōmikami shut herself away in the rock cave, Ame no Koyane prepared the rites with Futotama no Mikoto and recited a norito (prayer). At the descent of the heavenly grandson, Ame no Koyane is counted as one of the Itsutomo no O, the five heads of groups who accompany Ninigi no Mikoto.
Source: 國學院大學
Links between the sources and faith
The name is written Ame no Koyane no Mikoto (天児屋命) in the Kojiki and Ame no Koyane no Mikoto (天児屋根命) in the Tōshi Kaden, among other forms. Ame no Koyane is a kami who hands down the role of ritual and words, and there are several theories about the origin of the name.
Source: 國學院大學
An example of a chant (in Japanese)
祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え
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- Kada Kasuga JinjaWakayama, Wakayama Prefecture
- Yoshida JinjaSakyō Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Ōharano JinjaNishikyō Ward, Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture
- Kamisumuji JinjaSumiyoshi Ward, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
- Niu Kanshōbu JinjaKudoyama, Ito District, Wakayama Prefecture
- Kasuga JinjaŌta, Tokyo
- Kasuga Jinja (Yokosuka)Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture
- Ōma JinjaKumano, Mie Prefecture
- Sugawara JinjaIga, Mie Prefecture
- Ōmiya Hachimangū (Miki)Miki, Hyōgo Prefecture
- Kasuga Jinja (Kasuga)Kasuga, Fukuoka Prefecture
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Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「天児屋命」」（2026-10-15 確認）
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「天児屋命」」（2026-10-15 確認）