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*''Japanese'': 奄美姑・阿麻弥姑 ''(Amamiko, Amamiku, Amamikyo, Amamikyu, Amanchu, Amamichu)''
[[File:Amamiko-marker.jpg|right|thumb|400px|A stone marker at the entrance to [[Amamikyo Shrine]] on [[Amami Oshima|Amami Ôshima]], with the deity's name given as「奄美姑」.]]
*''Japanese'': 奄美姑・阿麻弥姑 ''(Amamiko, Amamikyo; [[Amami language]]: Amamiku, Amamikyu; [[Okinawan language]]: Amanchu, Amamichu)''
Amamikyo is the primary primordial creation goddess in [[Ryukyuan religion|Ryukyuan origin myths]]. Along with her male counterpart [[Shinerikyo]], Amamikyo is credited with creating the [[Ryukyu Islands]] themselves, as well as numerous ''[[gusuku]]'' and ''[[utaki]]'' (sacred sites),<ref>Sites which Amamikyo is credited with creating include [[Tamagusuku gusuku]], [[Goeku gusuku]], and [[Iso gusuku]], among many others. Kitahara Shûichi. ''A Journey to the Ryukyu Gusuku'' 琉球城紀行。 Naha: Miura Creative, 2003. pp66-67, 89.; Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 125.</ref> and with introducing rice cultivation and other technologies.
Amamikyo is the primary primordial creation goddess in [[Ryukyuan religion|Ryukyuan origin myths]]. Along with her male counterpart [[Shinerikyo]], Amamikyo is credited with creating the [[Ryukyu Islands]] themselves, as well as numerous ''[[gusuku]]'' and ''[[utaki]]'' (sacred sites),<ref>Sites which Amamikyo is credited with creating include [[Tamagusuku gusuku]], [[Goeku gusuku]], and [[Iso gusuku]], among many others. Kitahara Shûichi. ''A Journey to the Ryukyu Gusuku'' 琉球城紀行。 Naha: Miura Creative, 2003. pp66-67, 89.; Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', 125.</ref> and with introducing rice cultivation and other technologies.