Tamanooya
Japanese · deity · primordial · Recorded classification
The magatama is the comma-shaped bead that turns up in Japanese graves from the Jōmon onward, and the word for it is also the word for a soul. What he strings is therefore a rope of souls, hung on a tree outside a cave, to persuade the sun to come back — which is a more particular piece of religion than 'jewellery' conveys.
Domains
- craft
Relations
- companion: IshikoridomeThe mirror-maker.Reference treatment of the two makers of the rock-cave regalia. (secondary)
Sources
- Tamanooya is the Japanese kami who strung the magatama necklace used in the ritual that drew Amaterasu from the cave of heaven.: Reference treatment of the Ama-no-Iwato episode and its makers. (secondary)