"Great Deity of Iwa") is also identified with Ōkuninushi. As the first two characters of 'Ōkuninushi', 大国, can also be read as 'Daikoku', the god was...

described as being a dwarf and is frequently paired with Ōkuninushi. One day while Ōkuninushi was at Miho Bay, he saw a small boat on the whitecap waves...

conflated with Ōkuninushi, Ebisu was sometimes identified with Ōkuninushi's son Kotoshironushi or the dwarf god Sukunabikona, who assisted Ōkuninushi in developing...

advised by Susanoo to change his name to Ōkuninushi-no-Kami (大国主神, "Master of the Great Land"). Ōkuninushi defeats his wicked brothers and becomes the...

is home to two major festivals. It is dedicated to the god Ōkuninushi (大国主大神, Ōkuninushi no Ōkami), famous as the Shinto deity of marriage and to Kotoamatsukami...

sat atop it, while demanding the local god Ōkuninushi to relinquish the Izumo province over to them. Ōkuninushi replied he would defer the decision to his...

"illuminating the sea" appears before Ōkuninushi, promising to aid him in his task if he (Ōkuninushi) will worship him. Ōkuninushi, in accordance with the god's...

is the great-grandfather of the male deity Ōkuninushi (大国主神). Then, the great-grandson of Ōkuninushi, Mikanushi-hiko (甕主日子神) married Hinarashi-hime...

change his name to Ōkuninushi-no-Kami (大国主神, "Master of the Great Land"). Using the weapons he obtained from Susanoo, Ōkuninushi defeats his brothers...

but failed and was killed for it. Ajisukitakahikone One of the sons of Ōkuninushi, the brother of Kotoshironushi and Takeminakata, and the father of Takitsuhiko...

Iwarebiko, later known as Emperor Jimmu, the first emperor of Japan. Ōkuninushi (大国主) A god of nation-building, farming, business, and medicine. Omoikane...

merged with Buddhist deities in East Asian Buddhism Daikokuten is a Shiva-Ōkuninushi fusion deity in Japan Acala is a fierce Shiva adaptation in both China...

Futemimi [ja], the husband of Sashikuni Wakahime [ja] and the father of Ōkuninushi(Ōnamuchi). The Kojiki extensively documents his genealogy. It says Amenofuyukinu...

technically a name the same way Susanoo in Susa no O no Mikoto or Ōkuninushi in Ōkuninushi no Kami are. Amaterasu is an attributive verb form that modifies...

Okunitama [simple; ja] of the Musashi Province was traditionally identified as Ōkuninushi. Hirata Atsutane said in his morning prayers that the deities to worship...

ruler of the dead in Japanese Buddhism Shinigami, god of death Susanoo Ōkuninushi, an alternate ruler of the underworld Erlik (Turkic mythology) Xargi (Siberian...

ceremony to enshrine three kami (Shinto deities); Ōkunitama [simple], Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona, was held in Tokyo. They were enshrined as the three...

Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who was cast out of Takamagahara, and his descendants, such as Ōkuninushi, are considered to be Kunitsugami. Ogasawara Shozo [ja] proposed a system...

Ajisukitakahiko) is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the sons of Ōkuninushi and the tutelary deity of Kamo. The god is referred to both as...

that he was originally a god known as "Kotoshironushi no Mikoto", son of Ōkuninushi. He became one of the shichifukujin or the seven gods of fortune, which...

the spring became popular. A long time ago, there were two small gods, Ōkuninushi no Mikoto and Sukunabikona no Mikoto. They came from Izumo to Dōgo. Sukunabikona...

version of his lineage. It places Ōkuninushi as his descendant in the fifth generation. The Kojiki says Ōkuninushi is in the sixth generation. Yashimajinumi...

to a minor role and instead accorded high status to the earthly deity Ōkuninushi, who he argued was given jurisdiction by the gods Takamimusubi and Amaterasu...

eventually apologizes. Yuanfen Red string in Kabbalah Silver cord Yue Lao Ōkuninushi Kumihimo Chinese knotting Chinese button knot Frog (fastening) InuYasha...

Kunitsukami and the Amatsukami. Ashinazuchi Okuninushi Ōyamatsumi Sarutahiko Tenazuchi Sovereign God Ōkuninushi Ōkuninushi no Gokojin Ajisukitakahikone Kizumata...

Yoshiie Miyamoto Musashi Momotarō Nomi no Sukune Emperor Ōjin (Hachiman) Ōkuninushi Ōmononushi Ono no Komachi Sakanoue no Tamuramaro Susanoo Taira no Sadamori...

text, it is said that Kamimusubi is a genderless hitorigami, but when Ōkuninushi is killed by Yasogami(八十神), his mother, Sashikuniwakahime(刺国若比売), makes...

not mentioned in the Nihon Shoki. In the Kojiki, there is a story about Ōkuninushi. He went to Koshi No Kuni to propose to Nunakawahime. He stood outside...

Established in 1883, it is dedicated to the kami Amaterasu (天照皇大御神), Ōkuninushi (大己貴大神), Sukunabikona no Ōkami (少彦名大神), Toyoukebime (豊受姫神), Ōmononushi...

and for what purpose remain in complete mystery. In legend, the kami Ōkuninushi and Sukunabikona came from Izumo to Harima and attempted to build a stone...