Ame-no-Tajikarao
Japanese · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
One action, and the whole world turns on it. He is the patron of sumo and of physical contests, and the rock he moved is shown at Ama-no-Iwato in Takachiho to visitors who go and look at it — which is the ordinary Japanese arrangement, in which the mythological geography has an address.
Domains
- strength
Relations
- companion: OmoikaneHe executed the last step of the other's plan.Reference treatment of the rock-cave episode. (secondary)
Sources
- Ame-no-Tajikarao is the Japanese kami of strength who hauled open the door of the cave of heaven when Amaterasu leaned out, restoring light to the world.: Reference treatment of the Ama-no-Iwato episode. (secondary)