Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto

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Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto is a Shinto goddess of the Kamo Shrine in Kyoto, revered as a divine ancestress and mother of the thunder deity Kamo Wake-ikazuchi.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto canonical 1
Tamayorihime no Mikoto 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (41)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Shinto deity ⓘ
kami ⓘ
associatedShrineType jinja ⓘ
associatedWith Kamo River ⓘ
Kamo clan ⓘ
fertility and clan prosperity (as ancestress) ⓘ
Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Kami ⓘ
surface form: thunder deity Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Mikoto
category Japanese goddess ⓘ
Shinto goddess of Kyoto ⓘ
cultCenter Kamigamo Shrine ⓘ
Shimogamo Shrine ⓘ
surface form: Kamo Shrine

Kyoto ⓘ
culturalContext classical Japanese religion ⓘ
divineRole ancestral deity of Kamo Shrine ⓘ
divine ancestress of the Kamo clan ⓘ
gender female ⓘ
hasAttribute ancestral protection ⓘ
divine motherhood ⓘ
hasMythicFunction mediator between human and divine realms for the Kamo community ⓘ
hasOffspringType thunder deity ⓘ
hasTitle Tamayori-hime ⓘ
honorificTitle no Mikoto ⓘ
isPartOf Kamigamo Shrine ⓘ
surface form: Kamo Shrine pantheon

Kamo clan mythology ⓘ
languageOfName Japanese ⓘ
linkedDeity Kamo Taketsunumi no Mikoto ⓘ
motherOf Kamo no Wake-ikazuchi ⓘ
surface form: Kamo Wake-ikazuchi no Mikoto
mythologicalTradition Kamo clan mythology ⓘ
surface form: Kamo myth cycle

Yamato-period Shinto mythology ⓘ
nameElementMeaning Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto ⓘ
surface form: "Kamo" refers to the Kamo region and clan in Kyoto

"Tamayori" implies one who invites or is possessed by a spirit ⓘ
region Yamashiro Province (historical Kyoto area) ⓘ
religion Shinto ⓘ
roleInMyth link between human Kamo clan and divine ancestry ⓘ
mother of the thunder kami enshrined at Kamigamo Shrine ⓘ
veneratedIn Japan ⓘ
worshipContinuity still venerated in contemporary Shinto ⓘ
worshippedAt Kamigamo Shrine ⓘ
Kamigamo Shrine ⓘ
surface form: Kamo Shrine (Kyoto)
worshipPeriod ancient Japan ⓘ
worshipType ujigami (clan deity) ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aoi Matsuri → associatedWith → Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto ⓘ
Shimogamo Shrine → dedicatedTo → Kamo Tamayori-hime no Mikoto ⓘ
this entity surface form: Tamayorihime no Mikoto