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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 ...
Child of Kamiari Month (Japanese: 神在月のこども, Hepburn: Kamiarizuki no Kodomo) is a 2021 Japanese animated supernatural fantasy adventure film produced by Liden Films and directed by Takana Shirai. It premiered in Japanese theaters on October 8, 2021, and in Netflix internationally on February 8, 2022.
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.
Izumo, known as the realm of gods or the land of myths, is Izumo-taisha's province. Its main structure was originally constructed to glorify the great achievement of Ōkuninushi, considered the creator of Japan. Ōkuninushi was devoted to the building of the nation, in which he shared many joys and sorrows with the ancestors of the land.
[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.
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 ...
[6] The original shrine property was returned to the shrine organization in October 1961 as a result of lengthy legal and legislative appeals. [7] The shrine building was moved in 1963 to its present location to make way for Federal Housing Administration redevelopment. The shrine was restored from 1968-1969 at a cost of $170,000.
The current shrine building, replacing the previous one constructed during the Meiji period, was built in 2015 to commemorate the upcoming 400th anniversary of Ieyasu's death the following year. [12] [13] Yakumo Shrine (八雲神社, Yakumo-jinja) This shrine, located beside the Gekū, enshrines Susanoo, Kushinadahime, and Ōnamuchi (Ōkuninushi).