Amenokurado

• Affiliation: Shinto
• Deity of:
• Family: Ōyamatsumi (father) Kayanohime (mother) Kuninosazuchi (brother) Amenosazuchi (sister) Amenosagiri (sister) Kuninosagiri (brother) Kuninokurado (brother)
  Ōtomatohiko (brother) Ōtomatohime (sister)

Amenokurado

Amenokurado (天之闇戸神 – Heaven’s Steep Gorge) was the fifth of eight children born to the Spirits Ōyamatsumi and Kayanohime according to the Kojiki.¹

The Nihongi makes no mention of this Spirit.

Footnotes

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

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