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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
Amatsumara is based on the eponymous kami of blacksmiths in Shinto Mythology, though he is also refered to as Amenomahitotsu no kami. | * Amatsumara is based on the eponymous kami of blacksmiths in Shinto Mythology, though he is also refered to as Amenomahitotsu no kami. | ||
Amatsumara's name means "eye-divination" which some translate further to "one-eyed", a reference to a common occupational hazard for blacksmiths. Fittingly enough one of Amatsumara's eyes is artificial. | |||
Some interpretations of the tale credit Amatsumara with assisting in the creation of Yata no Kagami to lure Amaterasu from the cave. | * Amatsumara's name means "eye-divination" which some translate further to "one-eyed", a reference to a common occupational hazard for blacksmiths. Fittingly enough one of Amatsumara's eyes is artificial. | ||
* Some interpretations of the tale credit Amatsumara with assisting in the creation of Yata no Kagami to lure Amaterasu from the cave. | |||
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