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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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