Norse
Odin
wisdom, poetry, war
Takemikazuchi
Japanese (Shinto) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- swords, thunder
- Symbols and attributes
- Kashima Shrine
- Parents (per the sources used)
- Kagutsuchi
Key myth
A heaven-sent envoy to the land of Izumo, who persuaded Ōkuninushi's son to yield and wrestled Takeminakata. He is the ancestor kami of the Fujiwara clan.
Where sources differ or caution applies. Born from Kagutsuchi's blood in the Kojiki; the Nihon Shoki varies.
Primary sources
- Kojiki, Book 1
All sources for the Japanese (Shinto) pantheon
Lineage in the sources used: Kagutsuchi, Izanagi, Izanami.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Takemikazuchi: war and fighting, sky, storm and thunder. This is overlap in one area only.