- Mythological character within both the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki
- Distinction: the king of the Korean kingdom of Silla's son
- Possible alternate name: Hiboko
- Name meaning: Spear of the Heavenly Sun
Ame no Hiboko is believed to have travelled from Silla to Japan, with "magical jewels" that made for tranquil ocean travel.
In the Cambridge History of Japan, it is suggested that he was reverenced by those Koreans that had travelled to the Japanese archipelago, and like their predecessors, most likely brought continental technology.
In the Chikuzen fudoki, a deity called Hiboko is listed as being the tutelary kami of a strong family located in northern Kyushu. This Hiboko may be one and the same with Ame no Hiboko. This Hiboko, within the fudoki is supposed to have came to earth in Koguryo.
The items carried by Ame no Hiboko resemble those usually bore by other ancestor kami[1].
Notes
- ↑ The Cambridge History of Japan Volume One: Ancient Japan; Page 345