Kami (Shinto deity)
Tamanooya no Mikoto
玉祖命
Tamanooya is the kami who made the ornament of strung magatama beads as a ritual implement for opening Ama no Iwato. Tamanooya is handed down as the ancestral kami of the Tamanooya no Muraji.
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What kind of kami
Tamanooya is the kami who made the ornament of strung magatama beads as a ritual implement for opening Ama no Iwato. Tamanooya is handed down as the ancestral kami of the Tamanooya no Muraji.
Source: 國學院大學
What the myths hand down
In the preparations for welcoming Amaterasu Ōmikami out of the rock cave where she had shut herself away, Tamanooya prepares the bead ornament. At the descent of the heavenly grandson, Tamanooya accompanies Ninigi no Mikoto as one of the Itsutomo no O.
Source: 國學院大學
Links between the sources and faith
Kokugakuin University explains Tamanooya as the ancestral kami of a clan that led a group of bead makers. There are views that the name is read “Tamanooya” or “Tamanoya,” and this is a kami who hands down the connection between making things and ritual.
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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Sources (in Japanese)
- 國學院大學「古事記ビューアー・神名データベース「玉祖命」」（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「玉祖命」」（2026-10-15 確認）