KamimusubiKamimusubi (神産巣日), also known as Kamimusuhi among other variants, is a kami and god of creation in Japanese mythology. They are a hitorigami, and the third of the first three kami to come into existence (Kotoamatsukami), alongside Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi, forming a trio at the beginning of all creation. The name is composed of kami, denoting deity, and musubi, meaning "effecting force of creation". At the time of the creation of heaven and earth, Kamimusubi was in Takamagahara next to Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi.
HitorigamiLes sont des kamis venus à l'existence par eux-mêmes par opposition à ceux qui sont venus à l'existence en tant que paires mâle-femelle. Selon le Kojiki, ce groupe comprend les « trois dieux de la création » et les « kamis célestes séârés ». Ils sont décrits comme se cachant une fois qu'ils ont accédé à la conscience. La plupart auraient été créés à partir de l'« essence masculine » et, à ce titre, sont de sexe masculin.
Japanese creation mythIn Japanese mythology, the Japanese Creation Myth is the story that describes the legendary birth of the celestial and creative world, the birth of the first gods, and the birth of the Japanese archipelago. This story is described at the beginning of the Kojiki, the first book written in Japan (712), and in the Nihon Shoki (720). Both form the literary basis of Japanese mythology and Shinto; however, the story differs in some aspects between these works.
AmatsukamiAmatsukami is a category of kami in Japanese mythology. Generally speaking, it refers to kami born in, or residing in, Takamagahara. Amatsukami is one of the three categories of kami, along with their earthly counterpart Kunitsukami, and yaoyorozu-no-kami. Modern Shinto no longer makes the distinction between Amatsukami and Kunitsukami. According to Yijiang Zhong the distinction was made by the writers of the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki to formulate a political discourse.
KuniumiDans la mythologie japonaise, est l'histoire traditionnelle et légendaire de l'émergence de l'archipel japonais, des îles, telle que racontée dans le Kojiki et le Nihon shoki. Selon cette légende, après la création du Ciel et de la Terre, les dieux Izanagi et Izanami ont été chargés de former une série d'îles qui deviendraient l'actuel Japon. Dans la mythologie japonaise, ces îles constituent le monde connu. La création du Japon est suivie de la création des dieux (Kamiumi).
Kuni-yuzuriThe 国譲り was a mythological event in Japanese prehistory, related in sources such as the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. It relates the story of how the rulership of Japan passed from the earthly kami (kunitsukami) to the kami of Heaven (amatsukami) and their eventual descendants, the Imperial House of Japan. Kuniumi and Kamiumi The Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki both relate that the Japanese archipelago were created by the primordial couple Izanagi and Izanami, who also brought forth many gods into existence, three of which – Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susanoo – were appointed to govern the sky (Takamagahara, the 'Plain of High Heaven'), the night, and the seas, respectively.
