Ajisukitakahikone

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In Japanese mythology, Ajisukitakahikone (also Aji-Suki-Taka-Hiko-Ne) is a god of thunder. He is the brother of Takemikazuchi and of Kaminari (Raijin). He has a younger sister called Shita-Teru-Hime^[1]. In infancy, his crying and screaming were so loud that he had to be placed in a boat and sailed around the islands of Japan until he was calm. In adulthood, he was the father of Takitsuhiko, a rain god.

The Nihon Shoki mentions him ascending him to heaven to visit his deceased friend Ame-waka-hiko, whom he resembled (very much). The family of the deceased confuses him with the dead person whereupon he gets angry and destroys the mortuary house which falls to earth and becomes the mountain Moyama^[2].

References

^ Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by William George Aston. Book II, page 75. Tuttle Publishing. Tra edition (July 2005). First edition published 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-3674-6
^ Nihongi: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to A.D. 697, translated from the original Chinese and Japanese by William George Aston. Book II, page 67 and 74. Tuttle Publishing. Tra edition (July 2005). First edition published 1972. ISBN 978-0-8048-3674-6

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