Ishikori-dome no Mikoto explained

is a kami of mirrors in Shinto. She was regarded as an ancestral deity of Kagami zukuri no muraji (The mirror-making clans). In Japanese mythology, she created the exquisite Yata-no-kagami mirror which lures the sun goddess Amaterasu out of her cave and returns light to the world.[1] Due to this achievement, Ishikori-dome is worshipped by makers of mirrors and stonecutters. She is worshiped as the god of casting and metalworking. She is enshrined in the Fuigo-jinja (Tennoji Ward, Osaka City), the Nakayama-jinja (Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture) the Kagamitsukurinimasu amaterumitama-jinja (Shiki-gun, Nara Prefecture), Iwayama-jinja (Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture). [2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 石凝姥 イシコリドメ 日本神話の世界. www.shinwanosekai.info. 29 May 2017.
  2. Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit by David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks, and Randy Luncunas Conner, published by Cassell in 1997