TYPE: God of smiths
ORIGIN: Shinto [Japan]
INFORMATION: Depicted as a one-eyed ithyphallic god comparable to the Greek Cyclopes. He is strongly instrumental in fashioning the "Perfect divine mirror" with which the sun goddess Amaterasu is lured from her cave. Also Ma-Hiko-Tsu-No-Kami.
Amatsumara is the kami of ironworking and blacksmiths. He is also the patron kami for black smiths.
He acts as a blacksmith for the gods up in Takamagahara. In many versions, he made a mirror with the help of Ishikori-dome, which was used to lure Amaterasu from her hiding place in the rock cave of heaven.
NAME:
The name Amatsumara means ma-ura ("eye divination"), which some believe means "one-eyed," in reference to the hazard of blacksmiths.