Takemikazuchi

Takemikazuchi ( or , "Brave-Awful-Possessing" or "Thunder-God") is a deity in Japanese mythology, considered a god of thunder and sword god. He also competed in what is considered the first sumo wrestling match recorded in mythology.

He is otherwise known as Kashima-no-kami, the chief deity revered of the Kashima Shrine at Kashima, Ibaraki (and all other subsidiary Kashima shrines). In the namazu-e or catfish pictures of the Edo Period, Takemikazuchi/Kashima is depicted attempting to subdue the giant catfish supposedly dwelling at the kaname-ishi (要石, "pinning rock"^?) of the Japanese land-mass and causing its earthquakes. (See image above right).

In the Kojiki the god's name is sometimes written in the full-blown form "Brave-Awful-Possessing-Male-Deity". He also bears the alternate names Takefutsu (建布都神, "Brave-Snapping-Deity"^?) and Toyofutsu (豊布都神, "Luxuriant-Snapping Deity"^?)

In the Nihon shoki different sets of characters are used to represent the name (). Its early translator Aston styled the name simply as Ikazuchi no Kami or "The Thunder-God".

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