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
- co occurs with
- Yamato Okunitama, Okunitama, Kunitama, Ame-no-oshihomimi, Takuhadachiji-hime, Ame no Wakahiko, Tamakushi-hime, Shinra Myōjin, Ame-no-Minakanushi, Kami-Musubi, Harisaijo, Ame-no-Koyane, Omoikane, Futsunushi, Futodama, Ishikoridome, Tamanoya, Ninigi-no-Mikoto, Takuhatachijihime, Nigihayahi, Takami-Musubi, Mahākāla, Benzaiten, Ebisu, Kotoshironushi, Acala, Sukunabikona, Isana, Mahākāla-Daikokuten, Ichiji Kinrin, Vaiśravana-Bishamonten, Kenrō Jijin, Ninigi, Daikokuten, Ōnamuji-no-Kami, Ashihara-Shikoo, Ōkuninushi-no-Kami, Utsushikunitama-no-Kami, Izumo-no-Ōkami, Ōnamuchi-no-Kami, Ōnamuti-no-Mikoto, Kunitsukuri Ōnamuchi-no-Mikoto, Ōkunitama-no-Kami, Ōanamochi-no-Mikoto, Ame-no-Shita-Tsukurashishi-Ōkami, Kushinadahime, Ōnamuchi, Wani, yasokami, Yagamihime, Suseribime, Nunakawahime, Kamimusubi, Amaterasu, Amanojaku, Amazake-babaa, Amemasu, Amanozako, Tsukuyomi, Ame-no-Tajikarao, Amatsuhikone, Ama-Tsu-Mara, Ishikori-dome no Mikoto, Amatsu-Mikaboshi, Kagu-tsuchi, Amefurikozō, Ushi, Omizunu, Amatsukami, Ame-no-Uzume, Takemikazuchi, Ugajin, Ame-no-Fuyukinu
- parent of
- Ajisukitakahikone, Shitateruhime, Amenohoakari, Kotoshironushi, Takeminakata, Ki(no)mata-no-Kami
- aspect of
- Kunitsukami, Jinushigami
- allied with
- Sukuna-biko-na, Sukuna, Sukuna Hikona, Ōmononushi-no-Kami, Sukunabikona-no-Kami
- teacher of
- Kuebiko
- syncretized with
- Ōmononushi, Sannō Gongen, Daikokuten, Musahi no Okunitama, Iwa-no-Ōkami
- served by
- Ame no Hohi, Ame no Wakahiko
- child of
- Susanoo no Mikoto, Susano'o, Ame-no-Fuyukinu, Sashikuniwakahime
- has aspect
- Ōmononushi
- manifested by
- Yachihoko-no-Kami, Ōnamuji
Mentioned by
- Amaterasu
- Amanojaku
- Amazake-babaa
- Amemasu
- Amanozako
- Tsukuyomi
- Ame-no-Tajikarao
- Amatsuhikone
- Ama-Tsu-Mara
- Ishikori-dome no Mikoto
- Amatsu-Mikaboshi
- Kagu-tsuchi
- Amefurikozō
- Ushi
- Omizunu
- Amatsukami
and 22 more
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