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  2. Ōkuninushi - Wikipedia

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    Utsushikunitama-no-Kami (顕国玉神) The name Ō(a)namuchi or Ō(a)namochi is also used in other texts. The Fudoki of Izumo Province, for instance, refers to the god both as Ōanamochi-no-Mikoto (大穴持命) and as Ame-no-Shita-Tsukurashishi-Ōkami (所造天下大神, "Great Deity, Maker of All Under Heaven").

  3. Miwa clan - Wikipedia

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    Out of an abundance of caution, the Emperor also appointed Ikagashikoo (伊香色雄) as kami-no-mono-akatsu-hito (神班物者), or one who sorts the offerings to the gods. [7] To this day the Miwa sept of the Kamo clan claim to be descents from Ōtataneko [ ja ] , while Ikagashikoo was a claimed ancestor of the now extinct Mononobe clan .

  4. Izumo-taisha - Wikipedia

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    The descendants of Amenohohi-no-mikoto (天穂日命), the second son of Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大御神), the sun goddess whose first son is the ancestor of the imperial family, have been, in the name of Izumo Kokuso (出雲国造) or governor of Izumo, taking over rituals because when Izumo-taisha was founded Amenohohi-no-mikoto rendered ...

  5. Hare of Inaba - Wikipedia

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    [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.

  6. Ōmononushi - Wikipedia

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    The name 'Ōmononushi' (大物主 (おおものぬし); historical orthography: おほものぬし, Ohomononushi; Old Japanese: Opomo 2 no 2 nusi) is translated either as 'Great Thing Master' [1] [2] (after a literal translation of the characters used in his name) or 'Great Spirit Master' [3] (with mono being taken as meaning 'spirit' or 'supernatural entity' [4]).

  7. Izumo clan - Wikipedia

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    The Izumo clan is a Japanese noble family descended from Ame no Hohi who used to rule Izumo Province and run Izumo Taisha today. [1] [2] [3] [4]The clan were originally Kuni no miyatsuko but after the abolition of the role they took on a priestly role at Izumo-taisha, they share this history with the Aso clan of Aso Shrine, the Owari clan of Atsuta Shrine, the Munakata clan [] of Munakata ...

  8. Senge Takatomi - Wikipedia

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    The descendants of Amenohohi-no-mikoto (天穂日命), the second son of Amaterasu-ōmikami (天照大御神), the sun goddess whose first son is the ancestor of the imperial family, have been, in the name of Izumo Kokuso (出雲国造) or governor of Izumo, taking over rituals because when Izumo-taisha was founded Amenohohi-no-mikoto rendered service to Okuninushi-no-kami.

  9. Udo Jingū - Wikipedia

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    Udo shrine is in a cave in the side of the cliff, near the Nichinan coast of Miyazaki. The honden, or main shrine, is in a cavern with a view of the ocean.. In the cave is the ochichi iwa, or "breast stone," a dripping stone which is said to have fed the kami Ugayafukiaezu, father of the first emperor of Japan, when his mother returned to the sea.