Ame-no-Fuyukinu

deity sky Japanese single tradition · 2

The son of Omizunu and the father of Ōkuninushi. Susanoo ordered him to deliver the sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to Amaterasu in Takamagahara to settle an old grievance between them.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
700 CE
Attested period
700 – 720
Historical notes
Kojiki written c. 712-714 CE; Nihon Shoki in 720 CE.

Relationships

parent of
Ōnamuji, Ōkuninushi
child of
Omizunu
consort of
Sashikuniwakahime

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Sources

Source passages

“Ame-no-Fuyukinu The son of Omizunu and the father of Ōkuninushi. Susanoo ordered him to deliver the sword Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi to Amaterasu in Takamagahara to settle an old grievance between them.”

#4957 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“In the Kojiki, Ōnamuji / Ōkuninushi is the son of the god Ame-no-Fuyukinu (天之冬衣神) and his wife, Sashikuniwakahime (刺国若比売).”

#39287 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001