Kunitama
deity earth Shinto single tradition · 1
Kunitama is a type of kami or god who acts as a tutelary deity or guardian of a province of Japan or sometimes other areas in Shinto.
When
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Yamato Okunitama, Okunitama, Sukunabikona, Ōkuninushi
- consort of
- Amaterasu
- syncretized with
- Dangun (also Tangol)
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“In Manchukuo there were proposals to identify Kunitama with Nurhaci but they were not accepted. At Mōkyō Jinja Genghis Khan was venerated as Kunitama. In Brazil in a Japanese settlement a shrine named Bogure Jinja was created and worshipped Kunitama, identified with indigenous people of the area in a burial mound.”
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