God(dess) of stone cutters. Shinto [Japan]. Of ambiguous gender, this deity created the stone mold into which the bronze was cast to make the perfect divine mirror. It was used so that AMATERASU, the sun goddess, could see her glorious reflection and so be enticed from the dark cave where she had hidden herself to escape the excesses of the god SUSANO-WO.
Tag: Amaterasu
Ama-Tsu-Mara
God of smiths. Shinto [Japan]. Depicted as a one-eyed ithyphallic god comparable to the Greek Cyclopes. He is strongly instrumental in fashioning the “perfect divine mirror” with which the sun goddess, AMATERASU, is lured from her cave. Also Ma-Hiko-Tsu-No-Kami.
Witch's Well 