Takamimusubi’s Family Tree

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Family

• Futodama(child)— Miraculous

  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.

• Omoikane(child)— Miraculous

  Omoikane, the god of wisdom and deliberation, was born as the child of Takamimusubi, one of the three primordial deities of creation who emerged at the beginning of heaven and earth.

• Takuhadachiji-hime(child)— Miraculous

  Takuhadachiji-hime, the weaving goddess, was born as the daughter of the primordial Takamimusubi, and through her marriage to Ame-no-Oshihomimi she became the mother of Ninigi, linking the first gods of creation to the imperial divine lineage.

Slew

• Ame-no-Wakahiko

  When the arrow Ame-no-Wakahiko shot at the heavenly pheasant messenger reached Takamagahara, Takamimusubi cursed it and hurled it back through the clouds — it pierced Ame-no-Wakahiko's chest as he slept and killed him.

Member of

• Kotoamatsukami

  The Kotoamatsukami are the five primordial kami who emerged when heaven and earth first separated from chaos — Ame-no-Minakanushi, Takamimusubi, Kamimusubi, Umashi Ashikabi Hikoji, and Ame-no-Tokotachi — each appearing alone and immediately concealing their forms.

• Takamagahara

  Takamagahara, the High Plain of Heaven, is the celestial realm where Amaterasu reigns supreme among the heavenly kami — the primordial Kotoamatsukami, the wisdom god Omoikane, the mighty Ame-no-Tajikarao, the dancer Ame-no-Uzume, and the moon god Tsukuyomi.

• Zoka Sanshin

  The Zōka Sanshin are the first three kami to emerge from the primordial chaos — Ame-no-Minakanushi, Takamimusubi, and Kamimusubi — each appearing alone and embodying the creative force of musubi that set existence into motion.

Associated with

• Amaterasu,Okuninushi

  Amaterasu and Takamimusubi dispatched heavenly envoys to demand Okuninushi surrender sovereignty over the Central Land of Reed Plains, culminating in the kuniyuzuri that cleared the way for the divine descent.

• Izanagi,Izanami

  Takamimusubi commanded Izanagi and Izanami to descend from heaven and consolidate the drifting lands below, initiating the kuniumi creation of the Japanese islands.

• Ninigi

  Takamimusubi bestowed upon his grandson Ninigi the divine regalia and sacred instructions before the Tenson Kōrin, the heavenly descent to rule the Central Land of Reed Plains and establish the unbroken imperial line.