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Ōgetsuhime |
[Ōgetsuhime no kami] (Kojiki) A deity of grains. The name Ōgetsuhime means the "great female of foods" (ge or ke here signifying foodstuffs). The kami is described as an offspring of Izanagi and Izanami, and is also considered a divinized referent to the ancient province ... |
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Ōiminokami |
[Ōimi no kami] (Nihongi) Other names: Wakauka no me no mikoto ( Engishiki ) The kami worshiped in the festival Hirose Ōimi no matsuri. According to Nihongi 's record for the fourth year of Emperor Tenmu (675 C.E.), worship was presented to Ōimi no kami at Kawawa in Hirose, and to the wind ... |
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Ōkamuzumi |
[Ōkamuzumi no mikoto] (Kojiki) The name given to the peaches that saved Izanagi during his flight from the underworld. As Izanagi fled from the underworld of Yomi, Izanami sent the "forces of Yomi" under the leadership of the "eight thunder deities" ( yakusa n... |
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Ōkuninushi |
[Ōkuninushi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ōnamuji no kami, Ashiharashiko no o no kami, Yachihoko no kami, Utsushi kunitama no kami ( Kojiki ), Ōmononushi no kami, Kunitsukuri ōnamuchi no mikoto, Ashihara no shikoo, Yachihoko no kami, Ōkunitama no kami, Utsushi kunitama no kami (N... |
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Ōkuranushi, Tsuburahime |
(Nihongi) The kami of Okanoura in Tsukushi. According to the record of Emperor Chūai's reign in Nihongi , the emperor was making a progress to Tsukushi (present-day Kyushu) when his boat attempted to enter the estuary of Oka. Unable to make headway up the estuary, the emperor asked hi... |
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Ōmononushi |
[Ōmononushi no kami] (Kojiki) The kami enshrined on Mt. Miwa in Yamato at the time Ōkuninushi was engaged in the work of firming the land of Japan. According to Nihongi , Ōmononushi was an alternate name for Ōkuninushi. Nihongi also identifies Ōmononushi with Ōnamuchi's sakimitama ... |
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Ōnamuchi |
[Ōnamuchi no kami] (Kojiki) Usually considered an alternate name for the kami Ōkuninushi, although works like Izumo fudoki and Izumo no kuni no miyatsuko kan'yogoto describe Ōnamuchi as a "land-forming kami ." As a result, it appears likely that Ōnamuchi was originall... |
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Ōnaobi, Kamunaobi |
[Ōnaobi no kami.Kamunaobi no kami] (Kojiki) Kami which came into being in the process of Izanagi's lustration at a river mouth in Awakihara of Tachibana, Hyūga, in Tsukushi Province (present-day Kyushu) following his return from the underworld of Yomi. When Izanagi bathed in the m... |
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Ōtonobe |
[Ōtonobe no kami](Kojiki) Other names: Ōtomabe no kami( Nihongi ) The female member of the fifth pair in the first seven generations of the "age of kami ." While numerous theories have been suggested regarding the significance of the kami 's name, none have been generally ... |
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Ōtonoji |
[Ōtonoji no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Ōtonoji no mikoto (Nihongi) The male member of the fifth pair in the first seven generations of the "age of kami ." Nihongi also includes variant traditions under the names Ōtonobe no mikoto, Ōtomahiko no mikoto, and Ōtomuji no miko... |
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Ōtoshi |
[Ōtoshi no kami] (Kojiki) The offspring of Susanoo and Kamuōichihime (daughter of Ōyamatsumi). Together with his sibling Ukanomitama no kami and his offspring Mitoshi no kami, Ōtoshi is viewed as a tutelary of grains. Shrines dedicated to this deity can be found throughout Japan u... |
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Ōyamatsumi |
[Ōyamatsumi no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) According to Kojiki , one of the deities produced as Izanagi no mikoto and Izanami no mikoto gave birth to the land (see kuniumi ). According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , Ōyamatsumi was produced from one of the ... |
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Ōyashimaguni |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Great-Eight-Island-Land," a poetic epithet for Japan noted in the early classics Kojiki and Nihongi . According to Kojiki , when Izanagi and Izanami stood on the floating bridge of heaven and dipped down the heavenly spear, the foam that dripped fro... |
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Ōyatsuhime, Tsumatsuhime |
[Ōyatsuhime no mikoto.Tsumatsuhime no mikoto] (Nihongi) The daughters of Susanoo, and tutelaries of wood production. According to an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , when Susanoo was in the land of Karakuni (Korea), he plucked out his own body hair and tra... |
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