man-god; person enshrined as a god
Shinto term for a human who has been deified or enshrined as a kami after death, such as Sugawara no Michizane or Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Sugawara no Michizane is enshrined as a man-god, a deity of learning.
living god; god incarnate; emperor (as a deity) · miracle-working god; god who appears as needed
Compound of 人 (ひと, 'person') and 神 (かみ, 'god'). The reading ひとがみ is a straightforward combination.