Amamikyu (阿摩美久 or 阿摩彌姑, Okinawan: アマミチュー Amamichuu), or Amekushin-otome-ōankami (天久臣乙女王御神), is the creation goddess of the Ryukyu Islands in the Ryukyuan...

Amami-shotō (奄美諸島) was also used. The name of Amami is probably cognate with Amamikyu (阿摩美久), the goddess of creation in the Ryukyuan creation myth. The Amami...

lagoons. According to the Chūzan Seikan, the Emperor of Heaven ordered Amamikyu, the god of Ryukyu development, to descend on Cape Kapur on Kudaka Island...

belief in onarigami (おなり神), the spiritual superiority of women derived from Amamikyu, which allowed for the development of a noro (priestess) system and a significant...

daughters of Tentei-shi, who was a descendant of the creation goddess, Amamikyu. The first daughter became the first royal priestess (聞得大君, kikoe-ōgimi)...

Ryukyuan history. According to Chūzan Seikan, this was the spot where Amamikyu, goddess of creation, made landfall on Okinawa. The shrine area itself...

onarigami (おなり神), the spiritual superiority of women derived from the goddess Amamikyu, which allowed for the development of a class of noro (priestesses) cult...

as the "Island of the Gods". According to legend, it is the place where Amamikyu, the creator of Ryukyu, came down from the sky and started the founding...

The total area is 194.80 km2. According to Chūzan Seikan, the goddess Amamikyu consecrated the first utaki in Asa Forest at Hedo, in what is now Kunigami;...

(Benten-sama) Daikokutennyo Kisshōten (Kichijōten) Kokuanten Amazake-babaa Amamikyu temporarily unsorted Seiōbo Bagiwang Bari Gongju Cheuksin Chilseongsin...