Ame-no-Minakanushi

Ame-no-Minakanushi
Other namesAme-no-Minakanushi-no-Mikoto (天御中主尊)
Japanese天之御中主神, 天御中主神
Major cult centerChiba Shrine, Kurume Suitengū, and others
TextsKojiki, Nihon Shoki, Kogo Shūi, Sendai Kuji Hongi
Genealogy
ParentsNone; self-generated
SiblingsNone
ConsortNone
ChildrenNone

Ame-no-Minakanushi (天之御中主, lit. "Lord of the August Center of Heaven") 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.