TYPE: Ancestral God
ORIGIN: Shinto [Japan]
INFORMATION: A significant deity in mythology because he took part in the divination ritual necessary before the process of drawing the sun goddess Amaterasu out of her cave could begin. He collected together various magical objects, pushed forward the perfect divine mirror, recited the sacred liturgy and begged Amaterasu never again to hide her face. The guardian of Prince Ninigi, ancestor of the imperial dynasty, Futo-Tama is more specifically the ancestor of the Imba clan in Japan.