Azumi-no-isora

Sources record Azumi-no-isora as the ancestor of the Azumi people and place him in a late legend connected to the loan of the tide jewels to Empress Jingū. In those accounts he is described as a (lesser) sea deity hired as navigator to bring the emissary Takenouchi no Sukune to the Dragon King (Ryūjin); this episode is attested in foundation-myth documents associated with the Hachiman cult.

The cited sources do not record any physical description or iconography for Azumi-no-isora.

The sources attest that Azumi-no-isora functions as a local seashore kami and ancestral figure of the Azumi people. In the late legend regarding the tide jewels he is described as a (lesser) sea deity employed as a navigator to convey the human emissary Takenouchi no Sukune to Ryūjin. Beyond his role as ancestral tutelary kami and this navigator episode, the sources do not enumerate additional powers or behaviors.