Amatsu-Mikaboshi

For the Marvel Comics character, see Amatsu-Mikaboshi (comics).

In Japanese mythology, Amatsu-Mikaboshi (ja:天津甕星, "August Star of Heaven"), also called Ame-no-Kagaseo (ja:天香香背男, "Brilliant Male"), is a god of evil and of the stars, specifically the pole star.^[1] He is mentioned in passing in the Nihon Shoki as an opponent of Takemikazuchi-no-kami during the latter's conquest of the land of Izumo, and is sometimes identified with the figure of Takeminakata in the Kojiki.

In modern media

The Mikaboshi legend was adapted in Super Sentai series, Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger as the ultimate goal of its antagonists, the Jakanja.

Mikaboshi inspired the Marvel Comics character of the same name.

White Wolf's tabletop roleplaying game Scion is a major antagonist. He also features as an antagonist in the White Wolf game lines Wraith: the Oblivion and Kindred of the East.

In the PlayStation 2 game Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon, Mikaboshi appears as a boss character in the fifth chapter.

References

1. ^ [http://books.google.com/books?id=jEcpkWjYOZQC&lpg=PA42&dq=Amatsu-Mikaboshi&pg=PA42#v=onepage&q=Amatsu-Mikaboshi&f=false Dictionary of Ancient Deities by Patricia Turner and Charles Russell Coulter, Oxford UP, p.42]