Ōkuninushi

deity earth Japanese single tradition · 9

A deity who is the son of Ame-no-Fuyukinu.

↻ synthesized from 9 sources

When

First attested
0 CE
Attested period
0 – 2020
Historical notes
Documented in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), compiled in the 8th century CE.

Relationships

teacher of
Kuebiko
has aspect
Ōmononushi
manifested by
Yachihoko-no-Kami, Ōnamuji

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Sources

Source passages

“The son of Omizunu and the father of Ōkuninushi.”

#4959 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who was cast out of Takamagahara, and his descendants, such as Ōkuninushi, are considered to be Kunitsukami.”

#7294 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Ōkuninushi is sometimes considered a Jinushigami of Japan as a whole.”

#9710 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“A generic "Kunitama" was among the Three Pioneer Kami (開拓三神, Kaitaku Sanjin) Ōkunitama, Ōkuninushi, and Sukunabikona used in Japanese colonial shrines. They are all Kunitsukami or earthly kami representing the land.”

#9843 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Ōkuninushi and Sukuna Hikona descended in 856, proclaiming that they had returned to help the people of the land and a shrine was built to honor their arrival.”

#10498 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001