Ikutsuhikone () is a

god In monotheistic belief systems, God is usually viewed as the supreme being, creator, and principal object of faith. In polytheistic belief systems, a god is "a spirit or being believed to have created, or for controlling some part of the un ...

Japanese mythology Japanese mythology is a collection of traditional stories, folktales, and beliefs that emerged in the islands of the Japanese archipelago. Shinto traditions are the cornerstones of Japanese mythology. The history of thousands of years of contac ...

. He is the fourth son of

Amaterasu , often called Amaterasu () for short, also known as and , is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. Often considered the chief deity (''kami'') of the Shinto pantheon, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the () ...

. In many versions of his birth story, he is born from Amaterasu’s jewels after being chewed up and spat out by

Susanoo-no-Mikoto __FORCETOC__ Susanoo (, ; Historical kana orthography, historical orthography: , ), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto (), is a in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical an ...

. He was fourth born of the five children of the jewels of Amaterasu. In another version he comes from Susanoo-no-Mikoto's jewels directly and is thus his son.

Birth

Children born from the Challenge of Amaterasu and Susanoo-en

He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and

Susanoo __FORCETOC__ Susanoo (, ; historical orthography: , ), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto (), is a in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese im ...

. In many versions of the story, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami. The first one to be born was

Ame-no-oshihomimi Amenooshihomimi (天忍穗耳尊,天之忍穂耳命) or Oshihomimi for short, is the first son of Amaterasu. He is believed to be the ancestor to the Japanese Imperial family. Name and etymology Amenooshihomimi name means "Ruling Rice Ears ...

, second was

Ame-no-hohi Ame no Hohi (天菩比神, 天穗日命,アメノホヒ, "Heavenly grain sun"), also known as Ame no Fuhi (天乃夫比, アメノフヒ) is a male deity and the second son of sun goddess Amaterasu in Japanese mythology. Izumo no Kuni no Miyat ...

, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.

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{{Reflist Japanese gods Amatsukami