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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