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As Ōkuninushi lamented the loss of his companion, another god appears, promising to aid Ōkuninushi in his task if he will worship him. Ōkuninushi then enshrined the deity – identified in a later narrative as Ōmononushi-no-Kami (大物主神) – in Mount Mimoro in Yamato in accordance with the latter's wish. [77] [78]
In the Kojiki, Ōkuninushi used to rule the world, but he relinquished control during the Kuni-yuzuri to transfer control to the Amatsukami.He made a request that a magnificent palace – rooted in the earth and reaching up to heaven – be built in his honor, and then withdrew himself into the "less-than-one-hundred eighty-road-bendings" (百不足八十坰手 momotarazu yasokumade, i.e. the ...
In the Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko no Kanʼyogoto, Ōnamochi (Ōkuninushi), after relinquishing his authority over the land, attaches his nigitama (和魂, 'gentle spirit') in an 'eight-hand mirror' (八咫鏡 yata no kagami), which he then enshrined in Miwa under the name 'Yamato-no-Ōmononushi-Kushimikatama-no-Mikoto' to serve as a patron of ...
Shiro asks Ōkuninushi to reward Kanna by letting her reunite with Yayoi, using matchmaking, but Ōkuninushi refuses, telling him that matchmaking cannot bring a person back to life, and time must pass even after what happened. Ōkuninushi returns to his world, and Kanna, along with Shiro and Yasha, return home to Tokyo.
[1] [2] [3] The Hare of Inaba forms an essential part of the legend of the Shinto god Ōnamuchi-no-kami, which was the name for Ōkuninushi within this legend. [4] The hare referred to in the legend is the Lepus brachyurus, or Japanese hare, possibly the subspecies found on the Oki Islands known as the Lepus brachyurus okiensis.
Ōkuninushi (大国主, Ōkuninushi) Voiced by: Shunsuke Sakuya [8] (Japanese); Bryan Massey [9] (English) Another of the Seven Gods of Fortune, who also goes by the name of "Daikokuten" (大黒天). He is a close friend of both Bishamonten and Ebisu.
At the advice of his son Kotoshironushi, Ōkuninushi agreed to abdicate and left the physical realm to govern the unseen spirit world, which was given to him in exchange. The two gods then went around Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni, killing those who resisted them and rewarding those who rendered submission, before going back to heaven.
Ame-no-Fuyukinu is the son of Omizunu and Futemimi , the husband of Sashikuni Wakahime [4] [5] and the father of Ōkuninushi [6] (Ōnamuchi) [7]. Lineage and Descendants [ edit ]