Tamanoya is a

kami are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...

from

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. He is believed to be the creator of

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. Tama-no-iwaya is believed to be the grave for the kami, and he is venerated at Tamanooya-jinja but is not venerated at any kampeisha.

Family

The Nihon Shoki states that he was the son of

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, while the

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says he was the grandson of

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. He is also viewed as the ancestral

of the

Shinabe clan Shinabe refers to a human group or organization in Ancient times, Japan, with the Japanese prefix of ''Shinashina no tomono o'' or ''Tomonomiyatsuko''. They descend from Tamanooya-no-Mikoto according to legend Overview * A general term for s ...

Names

A list names he goes by: * Amenoakarutama * Ama no akarutama * Toyotama * Tama no oya * Kushiakarutama no kami * Haakaru tama * Tamanoya no mikoto

References

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