Kamo Kenkakumikami no Mikoto is a

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, also known as Kamotaketsunomikoto.

Overview

He is also known by the names

Yatagarasu Yatagarasu (Yatagarasu, Yata no Karasu) is a mythical crowThe Book of Ancient Matters, The Book of Ancient Matters, Gakken, pp. 130, 138, 139. and a guiding god in Shinto mythology. During Emperor Jimmu's Eastern Expedition, he was guided from ...

, Yatagarasu Kamo Takekazumi no Mikoto, Mishima no Mizokui, Mishima Mizokui, Mishima Mizokusaikomi no Kami, Suetsumimi no Mikoto, Suetsumimi and Amahigatakushihigata Takechinutsumi. He is the founder of the

Kamo clan is a Japanese sacerdotal kin group which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in the vicinity of northeastern Kyoto. The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century found ...

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, the Kamo Prefecture and the Katsuragi Province, and is known as the deity of the

Shimogamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary in the Shimogamo district of Kyoto city's Sakyō ward. Its formal name is . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which have been designate ...

(Shimogamo Shrine). According to Shinsengumi Roku, Kamo Kenkakumimikoto is the grandson of Kamitonomikoto. Kamo Kenkakumikuninomikoto, under the command of Takamimusubi, Takagi-kami and

Amaterasu Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami () or Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. One of the major deities (''kami'') of Shinto, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the ''Kojik ...

, descended from the sky to the peak of Tsune in Hyuga and reached Mount Katsuragi in

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, where he incarnated as Yatagarasu and led Jimmu Emperor Jimmu and contributed to his victory. According to the Yamashiro-kuni Fudoki (an anecdote), he came from Katsuragiyama in Yamato to Kamo in Okada in Yamashiro (where the Okada Kamo Shrine is located) and settled at the confluence of the Katsuno River (Koya River) and the Kamo River (Kamo River) (where the Shimogamo Shrine is located). Kamo Kenkakumimikoto had two sons, Taketamayorihiko-no-mikoto and Taketamayorihime no-mikoto. Taketamayorihikonomikoto later became the Lord of Kamo Prefecture. Taketamayorihime is said to have conceived and given birth to Kamo Bessarai-no-mikoto (the deity of

Kamigamo Shrine is an important Shinto sanctuary on the banks of the Kamo River in north Kyoto, first founded in 678. Its formal name is the . It is one of the oldest Shinto shrines in Japan and is one of the seventeen Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto which ...

) while keeping Honokazuchi-no-kami, who was incarnated as a Tanuria arrow, near her floor (Yamashiro However, in the

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, the Nihon Shoki, and the Sekaiyo Koshihonki, she is said to have become the wife of

Kotoshironushi , also known as is a Shinto ''kami''. In the ''Kojiki'', Kotoshironushi is the son of Ōkuninushi, the earthly deity of Izumo province. When the heavenly deities sent Takemikazuchi to conquer Izumo, Ōkuninushi deferred the decision over whether ...

or Omononushi, and to have given birth to Kushimikata-no-mikoto,

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and Isuzuyori-hime.

Genealogy

The genealogy of the Kamo clan is " Kami-no-Sanrei-tsun-no-Mikoto-Tenjin-tama-no-Mikoto- Tenkushitama-no-Mikoto-Kamo-tatemikazumi-no-Mikoto-Kamo-tatemuyorihiko-no-Mikoto-Gojutemi-no-Mikoto (ancestor of the Kamo clan). Takamimusubi-''Amakatatama-no-mikoto'', ''Amaoshitate-no-mikoto'', ''Tohtsumimi-no-mikoto'', ''Tamayorihiko-no-mikoto'', and ''Ikutama-ni-no-mikoto'' (ancestor of the Kamo clan). The Naniwada Shusshusu genealogical chart continues, "Amakatadama-no-mikoto'' - Amashitadama-no-mikoto (''Kamikushi-tamamikoto'') - To-tsumimi-no-mikoto - Tamayorihiko-no-mikoto", which means, "Tenjin-tamamikoto (Amakatadama-no-mikoto, Ikutama-no-mikoto) - Amakushi-tamamikoto (Kamikushi-tamikoto, Amashitadama-no-mikoto) - Kamo-tenkakumikami-no-mikoto (Yatagarasu, To-tsumimi-no-mikoto) - Kamo-taketama-yorihiko-no-mikoto (Tamayorihiko-no-mikoto)". Yorihiko-no-mikoto (Tamayorihiko-no-mikoto) - Gojutemi-no-mikoto (Ikutama-nihiko-no-mikoto)." His daughters include

Emperor Jimmu was the legendary first emperor of Japan according to the '' Nihon Shoki'' and '' Kojiki''. His ascension is traditionally dated as 660 BC.Kelly, Charles F"Kofun Culture"Himetataraisuzu-hime ."Japanese God Name Dictionary" p320 "Himetataraisuzu Himetataraisuzu" 『日本神名辞典』p320「比売多多良伊須気余理比売」 is a Japanese goddess, a mythological figure in the '' Nihon Shoki'' (Chronicles of Japan), the first ...

's mother, Seiyatara-hime (活玉依毘売, Tamagushi-hime, Tamayori-hime no Mikoto, Tatamayori-hime no Mikoto). In other words, Kamo no Kenkakumimikoto was the father of Emperor Jimmu's mother, and if Kamo no Kenkakumimikoto is considered to be the same god as Yatagarasu, the generation relationship would be very inconsistent. Yatagarasu appears in

and Nihon Shoki, and in Nihon Shoki, it is also said that Kin Kite (golden

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) helped Emperor Jinmu in his battle with Naganomushihiko in the same scene of Jinmu's eastern expedition, which is another name for the god Amanohiwashi Ame-no-kanatomi-no-mikoto, whose name is related to kinshi (golden kite), and therefore is considered to be the same as Ame-no-hikawashi-no-mikoto and Kamo-kenkakumikami-no-mikoto by

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and others.Tsuo Hoga, "Emperor Jinmu, the possibility of his existence", in "Verifying the truth of the "Emperor Jinmu" tradition", 7. 2017.

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