Kuni-no-Tokotachi
In Shinto faith, Kuninotokotachi  or Kuni-toko-tachi is one of the two gods born from "something like a reed that arose from the soil" when the Earth was chaotic. In the , he is the first of the seven generations of divinities born after the first five divinities were born at the time of the creation of the Universe. In the , he is the first of the three divinities born after Heaven and Earth were born out of chaos, and is born from something looking like a reed-shoot growing between heaven and earth. He is known by mythology to reside on top of Mount Fuji (富士山). Kuninotokotachi is described as a hitorigami and genderless in , but is described as a male god in . Yoshida Kanetomo, the founder of the Yoshida Shintō sect, identified Kuninotokotachi with Amenominakanushi and regarded him as the primordial god of the Universe. He is a Hitorigami, or a singular divinity born early in the universe. He came after  and before

See also
Kamiyonanayo

References

External links
Encyclopedia of Shinto - http://eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp
Kunitokotachi on the Japanese History Database. Shinto kami
Androgynous and hermaphroditic deities
Amatsukami
Japanese deities
Creator deities