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Minakanushi. This gravity cannot be seen with eyes or taken up in the hand, and like the attraction between magnets and iron, is something that mutually pulls and attracts things together. It is because of the existence of this gravity that particles coalesce and thus the sun, moon, planets and earth spontaneously take their proper form. As a result, when one speaks of the "land illumined with heavenly crimson shining," it was due to the actions of these three
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706:'s three children), in that all three are portrayed as belonging to a triad of important deities and yet are not recorded as doing anything of significance. He considered these three 'inactive' deities to serve a mythic function as the 'hollow center' acting as a buffer zone between two opposite or conflicting forces (Kamimusubi and Takamimusubi,
842:, criticized the Watarai priesthood for laying emphasis on the importance of Ame-no-Minakanushi, arguing that the deities' order of appearance in time has no bearing on their rank or status. In his view, while Ame-no-Minakanushi is indeed the first among the gods to manifest, he is neither the ruler of heaven nor the "first ancestor" of the
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were produced alone, and hid themselves." The meaning of "hid themselves" is that they could not be perceived by human eyes. The fact that there are particles in all things is probably a result of the action of the of productive power (Mimusubi), while the fact there is gravity is a result of the
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as a combination of three different traditions: one which traces the origin of the gods to Ame-no-Minakanushi, another that began with Umashi-Ashikabi-Hikoji, and a third one starting with Kuni-no-Tokotachi. He saw similarities between Ame-no-Minakanushi and the
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642:(as seen above, even in these texts, barely any mention is made of this god), has led some scholars to consider Ame-no-Minakanushi to be an abstract deity (i.e. a god that only exists on paper, with no actual worshipers or
634:, compiled in the early 10th century, never mentions any shrines to this deity); this, combined with the lack of information concerning the god outside of documents associated with the imperial court such as
334:." It is further stated:—"The names of the Gods which were produced in the Plain of High Heaven were Ama no mi-naka-nushi no Mikoto, next Taka-mi-musubi no Mikoto, next Kami-mi-musubi no Mikoto."
650:. Other scholars, however, argue that the paucity of evidence for the worship of Ame-no-Minakanushi in antiquity does not necessarily mean that the god is purely a literary invention.
762:, although certain portions of it may indeed preserve genuine early traditions.) References to Ame-no-Minakanushi were thus solely in terms of his role as one of the primeval
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By linking gravity to Ame-no-Minakanushi, Tsurumine identifies the deity as the "lord" who oversees the process whereby the activity of the two gods of "coalescing" (
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not only over the lives and fates of human beings but also over grains and other foods. He thus took the evaluation Hirata had given to the three
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that Ame-no-Minakanushi's significance was reevaluated, with different authors expressing their own opinions on the god's role and importance.
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At the time of the beginning of heaven and earth, there came into existence in
Takamanohara a deity named Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami; next,
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sovereign over first origins ... who have made all things, from sun and moon, the planets, and earth to every other thing."
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1592:"日本神話におけるアメノミナカヌシ（II） (Amenominakanushi in Japanese Mythology (2))"
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All things in heaven and earth have an original, great ancestral
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1642:"The Hollow Center in the Mythology of Kojiki"
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1646:Review of Japanese Culture and Society
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1516:"天之御中主神 (Ame-no-Minakanushi-no-Kami)"
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1791:On Understanding Japanese Religion
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1768:. Kokugakuin University
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1937:Japanese creation myth
1811:Encyclopedia of Shinto
1686:Saitō, Hideki (2012).
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1471:『先代旧事本紀』の現代語訳（ＨＩＳＡＳＨＩ）
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