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Yamatotakeru |
[Yamato takeru no mikoto] (Kojiki)(Ninongi) Other names: Ousu no mikoto ( Kojiki, Nihongi ), Yamatooguna no miko ( Kojiki ), Yamatooguna ( Nihongi ). A son of Emperor Keikō, and father to Emperor Chūai. Yamatotakeru's mother was Ōiratsume of Inabi in Harima, the daughter of Wakatak... |
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Yamatsumi |
"mountain kami ". Generic name for any kami identified with a mountain, or that dwells in a mountain. Also called yama no kami ( kami of the mountain). The original meaning of yamatsumi is yama-tsu-mi ("holder of the mountain"), signifying that the kami posses... |
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Yashimajinumi |
[Yashima jinumi no kami] (Kojiki) Other names: Suga no yuyamanushi mina samoruhiko yashimajino ("Master of Yu Mountain in Suga, whose name is Sa[mo]ruhiko Yashimashino"), Yashimano, Suga no yuina saka karuhiko yashimade no mikoto ("the Master of Yu in Suga whos... |
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Yasomagatsuhi |
[Yaso magatsuhi no kami] (Kojiki)(Nihongi) Kami of disorder, produced when Izanagi returned from the underworld of Yomi and underwent ablutions ( misogi ). Yasomagatsuhi or "eighty myriads of disorder" was produced from the pollution which Izanagi had suffered in th... |
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Yatakarasu |
(Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Yata no karasu( Kojiki, Nihongi ) A great crow sent from heaven by Takagi no kami (according to Kojiki ) or by Amaterasu ( Nihongi ) as a guide to assist Emperor Jinmu on his eastern campaign. Kogo shūi states that Jinmu was guided on his progress by Yataga... |
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Yomidonisayarimasuōkami |
[Yomido ni sayarimasu ōkami] (Nihongi) Other names: Sayarimasu yomido no ōkami( Kojiki ), Yomido ni futagarimasu ōkami( Nihongi ), Chigaeshi no ōkami( Kojiki, Nihongi ). "The great kami obstructing the way to the underworld." At the time Izanagi declared his divorce f... |
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Yomotsu kotosakanoo |
[Yomotsu kotosakanoo](Nihongi) A kami related in an "alternate writing" transmitted by the Nihongi , and which effected the separation of Izanagi and his deceased consort Izanami in the land of Yomi. Koto-saka means to "sever a relationship." Koto can mean ... |
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Yomotsuchimorihito |
[Yomotsuchi morihito](Nihongi) "Guardian of the way to the underworld." Appearing in an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi , a kami that acted as go-between when Izanagi fled from the underworld of Yomi and declared himself divorced from Izanami a... |
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Yomotsuhisame |
(Nihongi) "Hags of Yomi." While the etymology of this name is unclear, it is believed to refer to loathsome women of the underworld land of Yomi, considered as personifications of the pollutions of death. When Izanagi broke his pledge to his dead spouse Izanami, Izanami s... |
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Yomotsukami |
[Yomotsu kami](Kojiki) Kami (singular or plural) ruling over the underworld land of death (Yomi). When Izanagi's consort Izanami died, he visited her in the land of death and asked her to continue helping him perfect the land, which had been left incomplete with her death. Izanami, ... |
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Yomotsushikome |
[Yomotsu shikome](Kojiki)(Nihongi) "Hags of Yomi," considered personifications of the pollution of death. Both Kojiki and Nihongi relate the same mythic elements: when Izanagi broke his promise to Izanami and fled from the underworld land of Yomi, Izanami sent the &... |
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Yorozuhatahime |
[Yorozuhata toyo akitsushi hime no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names:Ame yorozu Takuhatachihatahime, Takuhatachijihime yorozuhatahime no mikoto, Honotohatahimekochijihime no mikoto ( Nihongi ). The daughter of Takamimusuhi, and according to an "alternate wri... |
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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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