ORIGIN: Shinto [Japan]
TYPE: Primordial Creator Being
INFORMATION: The second of the deities listed in the sacred Kojiki text. He appeared in the Takama-No-Hara (plain of high heaven) after Ame-No-Minaka-Nushi-No-Kami. A remote and vaguely defined being, he was born alone in the cosmos and hides himself from mankind.