Ajisukitakahikone’s Family Tree

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Family

• Okuninushi(parent),Tagorihime(parent),Shitateruhime(sibling)— Consort

  Okuninushi and Tagorihime, one of the Munakata goddesses, are the parents of Ajisukitakahikone and Shitateruhime as recorded in the Kojiki.

Associated with

• Ame-no-Wakahiko

  At Ame-no-Wakahiko's funeral, Ajisukitakahikone arrived to mourn his friend but was mistaken for the dead god because the two looked alike. Enraged at being confused with a corpse, he drew his great sword Ōhabari, slashed the mourning hut to pieces, and flew away blazing with light that illuminated two hills and two valleys.