Amanomahitotsu no Mikoto - Amanomahitotsu no Mikoto

Japanese: 天目一箇命 - あまのまひとつのみこと
Amanomahitotsu no Mikoto - Amanomahitotsu no Mikoto

...One-eyed people who were blind in one of their two eyes were later considered to be one-eyed, and the two became confused.
[Japan]
The first ancient example is the one-eyed demon that ate humans, who appears in the Kojiki and Kogoshu, as well as in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki and Konjaku Monogatarishu. The Konjaku Monogatari states that "His face was vermilion in color, wide like a circular seat, and had one eye."

From [Tado Shrine]

…It is located in Tado, Tado-cho, Kuwana-gun, Mie Prefecture. It enshrines Amatsuhikone-no-Mikoto, and its branch shrine, Ichimokuren-jinja, enshrines Amenomahitotsu-no-Mikoto. Amenomahitotsu-no-Mikoto is said to be the son of Amatsuhikone-no-Mikoto and the ancestor of the Kuwana-no-Kubi. …

From the first one

...One-eyed people who were blind in one of their two eyes were later considered to be one-eyed, and the two became confused.
[Japan]
The first ancient example is the one-eyed demon that ate humans, who appears in the Kojiki and Kogoshu, as well as in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki and Konjaku Monogatarishu. The Konjaku Monogatari states that "His face was vermilion in color, wide like a circular seat, and had one eye."

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ame-no-Mikoto" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…両眼のうち一つを盲(めしい)にした片目も,のちに一つ目とされ,両者は混同されるようになった。
[日本]
 一つ目の古い事例では,《古事記》や《古語拾遺》の中の天目一箇命(あめのまひとつのみこと)や,《出雲国風土記》《今昔物語集》などにみえる人を食った一つ目の鬼があげられる。《今昔物語》には〈面ハ朱ノ色ニテ,円座ノ如ク広クシテ目一ツ有リ〉とある。…

【多度神社】より

…三重県桑名郡多度町多度に鎮座。天津彦根命をまつり,別宮一目連(いちもくれん)神社は天目一箇(あめのまひとつ)命をまつる。天目一箇命は天津彦根命の子,桑名首の祖という。…

【一つ目】より

…両眼のうち一つを盲(めしい)にした片目も,のちに一つ目とされ,両者は混同されるようになった。
[日本]
 一つ目の古い事例では,《古事記》や《古語拾遺》の中の天目一箇命(あめのまひとつのみこと)や,《出雲国風土記》《今昔物語集》などにみえる人を食った一つ目の鬼があげられる。《今昔物語》には〈面ハ朱ノ色ニテ,円座ノ如ク広クシテ目一ツ有リ〉とある。…

※「天目一箇命」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

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