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Ōkuninushi indirectly appears in a narrative set during the reign of Emperor Suinin. Prince Homuchiwake (本牟智和気命), Suinin's son with his first chief wife Sahohime (狭穂姫命, also Sawajihime), was born mute, unable to speak "[even when his] beard eight hands long extended down over his chest" until he heard the cry of a swan (or ...
The Kojiki extensively documents his genealogy. It says Amenofuyukinu married Sashikuni Wakahime []. [4] [5] [1] They had a child named Ōkuninushi [8] (Ōnamuchi). [9]The Nihon Shoki adds more to the story.
The Kojiki (古事記, "Records of Ancient Matters" or "An Account of Ancient Matters"), also sometimes read as Furukotofumi [1] or Furukotobumi, [2] [a] is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 [3] concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the kami (神), and the Japanese imperial line.
[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.
5.2 Ōnamuchi (Ōkuninushi) and Ame no Hoakari no mikoto. 5.3 Ashihara no Shikoo (Ōkuninushi), ... c. first year of Reiki era, 715 (original) Discovered: 1796:
In the Montoku Jitsuroku, a book of Japanese history, Ōkuninushi and Sukuna Hikona descended in 856, proclaiming that they had returned to help the people of the land and a shrine was built to honor their arrival. [8] Sukunahikona shrine at Osaka. He is one of the Shinto deities enshrined at Mt. Mitake [5]
3.5 San'ind ō. 3.6 San'yōdō. 3.7 ... Compilation of Kofudoki began in 713 and was completed over a 20-year period. [1] ... Empress Genmei issued a decree in 713 ...
Takenouchi no Sukune was supposedly the son of Princess Kagehime, and is said to be grandson to Prince Hikofutsuoshinomakoto (彦太忍信命).Descended from Emperor Kōgen, Takenouchi no Sukune served under five legendary emperors, Emperor Keikō, Emperor Seimu, Emperor Chūai, Emperor Ōjin, and Emperor Nintoku, but was perhaps best known for his service as Grand Minister (Ōomi) to the ...