What is Ajisukitakahikone?
{{Infobox deity|type=Japanese|name=Ajisukitakahikone-no-Kami|image=Ajisukitakahikone.jpg|caption=Ajisukitakahikone destroys the hut where [[Ame-no-wakahiko|Ame-no-Wakahiko]]'s corpse lay with his sword|god_of=God of agriculture and thunder|script_name=Japanese|script=味耜高彦根神|other_names=Ajishikitakahikone-no-Kami (阿遅志貴高日子根神, 阿遅志貴高日子根神, 阿治志貴高日子根神)<br/> Ajisukitakahiko-no-Mikoto (阿遅須枳高日子命)<br/> Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto (味耜高彦根命, 阿遅須伎高孫根乃命, 味鉏高彦根尊)<br/> Takakamo-Ajisukitakahikone-no-Mikoto (高鴨阿治須岐託彦根命)<br/> Kamo-no-Ōmikami (迦毛之大御神)|cult_center=[[:ja:高鴨神社|Takakamo Shrine]], Asuki Shrine|symbols=|consort=Ame-no-Mikajihime|parents=[[Ōkuninushi]] and [[Munakata Taisha|Takiribime]]|siblings=Shitateruhime<br/>[[Kotoshironushi]], [[Takeminakata]] and others (half-siblings)|children=[[Takitsuhiko]], Yamuyabiko|texts=''[[Kojiki]]'', ''[[Nihon Shoki]]'', ''[[Sendai Kuji Hongi]]'', [[Izumo Province|Izumo]] ''[[Fudoki]]'', [[Harima Province|Harima]] ''Fudoki''}} '''Ajisukitakahikone''' (also '''Ajishikitakahikone''' or '''Ajisukitakahiko''') is a ''[[kami]]'' in [[Japanese mythology]]. == Mythology == === Parentage === According to the Kojiki, Ajisukitakahikone is one of the two offspring of the deity Ōkuninushi and Takiribime, one of the three [[Munakata Taisha|Munakata goddesses]]. The other offspring is Shitateruhime, who is also known as Takahime..<ref>{{Cite book|title=Kojiki|last=Philippi|first=Donald L.|date=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1400878000|page=113}}</ref> As a baby, Ajisukitakahikone's cries were so loud that he was put on a boat and sailed around Japan until he stopped crying. When he grew up, he became the father of Takitsuhiko, a god of rain. === Ajisukitakahikone and Ame-no-Wakahiko === Amaterasu and Takamimusubi, the rulers of [[Takamagahara]], wanted their descendants to rule over the earth. They sent messengers to Ōkuninushi, the ruler of Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, to tell him to give up his power. One of the messengers, Ame-no-Wakahiko, married one of Ōkuninushi's daughters, Shita