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The child was thus named 'Ki(no)mata-no-Kami' (木俣神, from ki (no) mata "tree fork"). [ 70 ] [ 69 ] Ōkuninushi – in this section of the narrative given the name Yachihoko-no-Kami (八千矛神, "Deity of Eight Thousand Spears") – then wooed a third woman, Nunakawahime (沼河比売) of the land of Koshi , singing the following poem :
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 ...
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 ...
Obihiro Shrine (帯廣神社, Obihiro jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Obihiro, Hokkaido.Erected in 1910, it is dedicated to the kami Ōkuni-mitama no mikoto (大國魂神), Ōkuninushi no mikoto (大那牟遲神), and Sukunabikona no mikoto (少彦名神).
The kami enshrined at Takebe Taisha are: Yamato Takeru (日本武尊), folk hero and the son of Emperor Keikō; Ōkuninushi (大己貴命), the god of nation-building, agriculture, medicine, and protective magic
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The kami enshrined at Nikkō Futarasan Jinja are: Ōkuninushi-no-Mikoto (玉祖命), god of nation-building, agriculture, medicine, and protective magic; Tagorihime no Mikoto (田心姫命), one of the three Munakata goddesses; Ajisukitakahikone (味耜高彦根命), god of agriculture and thunder
Susanoo (スサノオ; historical orthography: スサノヲ, 'Susanowo'), often referred to by the honorific title Susanoo-no-Mikoto, is a kami in Japanese mythology.The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory characteristics (both good and bad), being portrayed in various stories ...