Ishikori-dome no Mikoto

Shinto kami of mirrors

Ishikori-dome no Mikoto^[1]^[2] (石凝姥命, also 伊斯許理度売命^[3]) is a kami of mirrors in Shinto. She was regarded as an ancestral deity of Kagami zukuri no muraji (The mirror-making clans). In Japanese mythology, she created the exquisite Yata-no-kagami mirror which lures the sun goddess Amaterasu out of her cave and returns light to the world.^[4] Due to this achievement, Ishikori-dome is worshipped by makers of mirrors and stonecutters. She is worshiped as the god of casting and metalworking. She is enshrined in the Fuigo-jinja (Tennoji Ward, Osaka City), the Nakayama-jinja (Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture) the Kagamitsukurinimasu amaterumitama-jinja (Shiki-gun, Nara Prefecture), Iwayama-jinja (Niimi City, Okayama Prefecture). ^[5]

References

^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Ishikoridome". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "イシコリトメ【石凝姥命・(鋳し凝り臣)】・イシコリトメノマゴ【石凝姥の孫】". gejirin.com. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "イシコリドメ : 神社と古事記". 神社と古事記 (in Japanese). 8 August 2004. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ "石凝姥 | イシコリドメ | 日本神話の世界". www.shinwanosekai.info. Retrieved 29 May 2017.
^ Queer Myth, Symbol & Spirit by David Hatfield Sparks, Mariya Sparks, and Randy Luncunas Conner, published by Cassell in 1997