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In Japanese mythology, Ama-tsu-mika-boshi (天津甕星[1], interpretable as either "Dread Star of Heaven"[2] or "August Star of Heaven"[3]) (あまつみかぼし), also called Ame-no-kagase-o (天香香背男[1], interpretable as either "Scarecrow Male of Heaven"[2] or "Brilliant Male"[3]) (あめのかがせお), Hoshigami Kagaseo (星神香香背男, ほしがみかがせお), Kagaseo (香香背男, かがせお), Amenoseo (天背男, あめのせお), or Ame no Murakumo no Mikoto (天村雲命, あめのむらくものみこと), was originally a rebellious Shinto god, possibly malevolent, who would not submit to the will of the other Ama-tsu-kami.[2][4]
Under Chinese Buddhist influence,[4] the god was identified with Myōken[4] either as the pole star or Venus,[1] before being combined with the god of all stars, Ama-no-mi-naka-nushi (天之御中主神, "Divine Lord of the middle heavens").[4][3]
In some versions he was born from Kagu-tsuchi's blood.[5] He is mentioned in passing in the Nihon Shoki as being subdued by Takemikazuchi during the latter's conquest of the land of Izumo.
- ^ a b c 長崎大学教育学部人文科学研究報告 (Nagasaki Daigaku Kyōiku-bu Jinbun Kagaku Kenkyū Hōkoku) [Nagasaki University Education Department Report on Humanities Research]. Issues 37-45 (in Japanese). Nagasaki: Nagasaki University. 1988. Retrieved 2013-06-06.
...願染みの度合い、等の様々な観点から判定して、この金星が、やはり、天津甕星(天香 香背男)として、一番相応しいのではないかと考える。 - ...so judging from degree of familiarity, and various other perspectives, this Venus indeed looks to be the most appropriate match for Ama tsu Mikaboshi (Ame no Kagaseo).
- ^ a b c William George Aston: Shinto, the Way of the Gods. Longmans, Green, And Co., 1905, p. 142, available at Google Books here
- ^ a b c Encyclopedia of Ancient Deities by Charles Russell Coulter and Patricia Turner, Routledge, 4 Jul 2013, p.96
- ^ a b c d New Larousse encyclopedia of mythology, by Félix Guirand and Robert Graves, Hamlyn, 1968, p.415
- ^ worldhistory.org