Ōmononushi
deity mountain Japanese single tradition · 3
Ōmononushi is the mountain deity of Mount Miwa in Japanese mythology. This deity is one of the Yama-no-Kami.
↻ synthesized from 3 sources
When
- Attested period
- 1100 – 1500
- Historical notes
- Interpreted as Ōkuninushi under another name or an aspect of his in the medieval period.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- Okunitama, Musahi no Okunitama, Oyamakui no Kami, Shigi-Yamatsumi, To-Yamatsumi, Kotoshironushi, Hara-Yamatsumi, Ha-Yamatsumi, Konohanasakuya-hime, Shirayama-hime, Kura-Yamatsumi, Ōyamatsumi, Masaka-Yamatsumi, Odo-Yamatsumi, Oku-Yamatsumi, Omonoimi no Kami, Daikokuten, Mahākāla
- aspect of
- yama no kami, Ōkuninushi
- syncretized with
- Sannō Gongen, Yamato Okunitama
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (3)
Source passages
“Ōmononushi of Mount Miwa.”
#7820 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5
“Hirata Atsutane said in his morning prayers that the deities to worship in Yamato Province were Ōmononushi, Okunitama, and Kotoshironushi.”
#9836 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001
“he was identified with Sannō Gongen, the deity enshrined in Hiyoshi Taisha at the eastern foot of Mount Hiei, who in turn was identified with Ōkuninushi or Ōmononushi (Miwa Myōjin, the god of Mount Miwa in Nara Prefecture who is also interpreted as Ōkuninushi under another name or an aspect of his).”
#34459 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001