Takamimusubi sired Futodama, who would hold the jeweled sakaki branch before the sealed rock cave and stretch the first shimenawa rope behind the emerging sun.
⚠ The Kogo Sh\u016bi names Futodama as a child of Takami-musubi; the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki main text do not specify his parentage directly.
The heavenly deities collaborated in the ritual before Ama-no-Iwato to lure Amaterasu from her cave. Omoikane devised the plan, Ishikoridome forged the mirror, Tamanoya crafted the jewels, Ame-no-Koyane and Futodama performed rites, Ame-no-Uzume danced, and Ame-no-Tajikarao pulled Amaterasu forth.
The five deities who attended Ninigi's descent from Takamagahara to the earthly realm: Ame-no-Koyane, Futodama, Ame-no-Uzume, Ishikoridome, and Tamanoya, as recorded in the Kojiki and Nihon Shoki.
Futodama stretched a shimenawa rope across the entrance of Ama-no-Iwato after Amaterasu emerged, sealing the cave so the sun goddess could never again hide within it and plunge the world into darkness.
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