Ajisukitakahikone

Ajisukitakahikone-no-Kami
God of agriculture and thunder
Ajisukitakahikone destroys the hut where Ame-no-Wakahiko's corpse lay with his sword
Other namesAjishikitakahikone-no-Kami (阿遅志貴高日子根神, 阿遅志貴高日子根神, 阿治志貴高日子根神)

Ajisukitakahiko-no-Mikoto (阿遅須枳高日子命)
Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto (味耜高彦根命, 阿遅須伎高孫根乃命, 味鉏高彦根尊)
Takakamo-Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto (高鴨阿治須岐託彦根命)

Kamo-no-Ōmikami (迦毛之大御神)
Japanese味耜高彦根神
Major cult centerTakakamo Shrine [ja], Asuki Shrine
TextsKojiki, Nihon Shoki, Sendai Kuji Hongi, Izumo Fudoki, Harima Fudoki
Genealogy
ParentsŌkuninushi and Takiribime [ja]
SiblingsShitateruhime [ja]
Kotoshironushi, Takeminakata and others (half-siblings)
ConsortAme-no-Mikajihime
ChildrenTakitsuhiko, Yamuyabiko

Ajisukitakahikone (also Ajishikitakahikone or Ajisukitakahiko) is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the sons of Ōkuninushi and the tutelary deity of Kamo.[1]

  1. ^ Ashkenazi, Michael (2008). Handbook of Japanese mythology. Handbooks of world mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 110–111. ISBN 978-0-19-533262-9.