Amenohatorihime

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- Affiliation: Shinto
- Kami of: Weaving?
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Amenohatorihime

Amenohatorihime (Weaver Woman of Heaven) is a kami from Shinto Mythology. In the Kojiki it is said she was weaving in the weaving hall of Heaven with Amaterasu when Susano-o threw a pie-bald colt which had been flayed backwards from its tail into the weaving hall.

In fright she stabs herself in the genitals with her weaving shuttle and kills herself.¹

She is not mentioned in the main text of the Nihongi.

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1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.

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