Umashiashikabihikoji

Umashiashikabihikoji is a Japanese primordial deity.

[2][1] The Kojiki calls this deity Umashiashikabihikoji no kami.

[3] He is only cited in an "alternate writing" in the Nihon Shoki.

[3] Umashiashikabihikoji is linked to the creation of heaven and earth.

[1] He is a Hitorigami, or a singular divinity born early in the universe.

It says Umashiashikabihikoji was the fourth kami to appear.

[2] The Kojiki says Umashiashikabihikoji was the fourth kotoamatsukami.

It highlights the connection between nature and the divine in Japanese beliefs.

Hierarchy of Japanese dieties in Shinto tradition