| Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami | |
|---|---|
 Creation of the world according to the Kojiki, showing the five primordial gods (kotoamatsukami) and the subsequent seven generations of deities (kamiyonanayo) | |
| Other names | Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Mikoto (天御中主尊) |
| Japanese | 天之御中主神, 天御中主神 |
| Major cult center | Chiba Shrine, Kurume Suitengū, and others |
| Texts | Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Kogo Shūi, Sendai Kuji Hongi |
| Genealogy | |
| Parents | None; self-generated |
| Siblings | None |
| Consort | None |
| Children | None |
Ame-no-Minakanushi (天之御中主, lit. "Lord of the August Center of Heaven"[1][2]) is a deity (kami) in Japanese mythology, portrayed in the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki as the first or one of the first deities who manifested when heaven and earth came into existence.
- ^ Breen, John; Teeuwen, Mark, eds. (2013). Shinto in History: Ways of the Kami. Routledge. p. 48. ISBN 9781136826979.
- ^ Ooms, Herman (2009). Imperial Politics and Symbolics in Ancient Japan: The Tenmu Dynasty, 650-800. University of Hawaii Press. p. 168. ISBN 9780824832353.