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* Amatsumara is based on the eponymous kami of blacksmiths in Shinto Mythology, though he is also referred to as Amenomahitotsu no kami. | * Amatsumara is based on the eponymous [[wikipedia:Ama-Tsu-Mara|kami of blacksmiths]] in Shinto Mythology, though he is also referred 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. | * 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. | * Some interpretations of the tale credit Amatsumara with assisting in the creation of Yata no Kagami to lure Amaterasu from the cave. | ||
* His Charge Skill line Hitotsu-me no Muraji is a another name of the dragon god Ichimokuren, who was [https://www.japanesewiki.com/Shinto/Amenomahitotsu%20no%20Kami.html syncretized] with Amatsumara due to both of them missing an eye. | |||
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