"Great Deity of Iwa") is also identified with Ōkuninushi. As the first two characters of 'Ōkuninushi', 大国, can also be read as 'Daikoku', the god was...

described as being a dwarf and is frequently paired with Ōkuninushi. One day while Ōkuninushi was at Miho Bay, he saw a small boat on the whitecap waves...

"illuminating the sea" appears before Ōkuninushi, promising to aid him in his task if he (Ōkuninushi) will worship him. Ōkuninushi, in accordance with the god's...

conflated with Ōkuninushi, Ebisu was sometimes identified with Ōkuninushi's son Kotoshironushi or the dwarf god Sukunabikona, who assisted Ōkuninushi in developing...

change his name to Ōkuninushi-no-Kami (大国主神, "Master of the Great Land"). Using the weapons he obtained from Susanoo, Ōkuninushi defeats his brothers...

is the great-grandfather of the male deity Ōkuninushi (大国主神). Then, the great-grandson of Ōkuninushi, Mikanushi-hiko (甕主日子神) married Hinarashi-hime...

advised by Susanoo to change his name to Ōkuninushi-no-Kami (大国主神, "Master of the Great Land"). Ōkuninushi defeats his wicked brothers and becomes the...

sat atop it, while demanding the local god Ōkuninushi to relinquish the Izumo province over to them. Ōkuninushi replied he would defer the decision to his...

is home to two major festivals. It is dedicated to the god Ōkuninushi (大国主大神, Ōkuninushi no Ōkami), famous as the Shinto deity of marriage and to Kotoamatsukami...

merged with Buddhist deities in East Asian Buddhism Daikokuten is a Shiva-Ōkuninushi fusion deity in Japan Acala is a fierce Shiva adaptation in both China...

technically a name the same way 'Susanoo' in 'Susa no O no Mikoto' or 'Ōkuninushi' in 'Ōkuninushi no Kami' are. Amaterasu is an attributive verb form that modifies...

Ōmononushi was considered an alternate name for Ōkuninushi. But, it appears that the two were separate kami. Ōkuninushi (大国主) A god of nation-building, farming...

Futemimi [ja], the husband of Sashikuni Wakahime [ja] and the father of Ōkuninushi(Ōnamuchi). The Kojiki extensively documents his genealogy. It says Amenofuyukinu...

eventually apologizes. Yuanfen Red string in Kabbalah Silver cord Yue Lao Ōkuninushi Kumihimo Chinese knotting Chinese button knot Frog (fastening) InuYasha...

he rules over. Shiro asks Ōkuninushi to reward Kanna by letting her reunite with Yayoi, using matchmaking, but Ōkuninushi refuses, telling him that matchmaking...

Okunitama [simple; ja] of the Musashi Province was traditionally identified as Ōkuninushi. Hirata Atsutane said in his morning prayers that the deities to worship...

Susanoo-no-Mikoto, who was cast out of Takamagahara, and his descendants, such as Ōkuninushi, are considered to be Kunitsugami. Ogasawara Shozo [ja] proposed a system...

that he was originally a god known as "Kotoshironushi no Mikoto", son of Ōkuninushi. He became one of the shichifukujin or the seven gods of fortune, which...

ruler of the dead in Japanese Buddhism Shinigami, god of death Susanoo Ōkuninushi, an alternate ruler of the underworld Erlik (Turkic mythology) Xargi (Siberian...

text, it is said that Kamimusubi is a genderless hitorigami, but when Ōkuninushi is killed by Yasogami(八十神), his mother, Sashikuniwakahime(刺国若比売), makes...

Kunitsukami and the Amatsukami. Okuninushi Ashinazuchi Tenazuchi Ōyamatsumi Sarutahiko Sovereign God Ōkuninushi Ōkuninushi no Gokojin Ajisukitakahikone,...

to a minor role and instead accorded high status to the earthly deity Ōkuninushi, who he argued was given jurisdiction by the gods Takamimusubi and Amaterasu...

Ajisukitakahiko) is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the sons of Ōkuninushi and the tutelary deity of Kamo. The god is referred to both as...

Yashimashino-no-Mikoto (八島篠命, the Kojiki's Yashimajinumi-no-Kami) or Ōkuninushi. Besides Susanoo, his consort Kushinadahime and her parents Ashinazuchi...

the legend of the Shinto god Ōnamuchi-no-kami, which was the name for Ōkuninushi within this legend. The hare referred to in the legend is the Lepus brachyurus...

Established in 1883, it is dedicated to the kami Amaterasu (天照皇大御神), Ōkuninushi (大己貴大神), Sukunabikona no Ōkami (少彦名大神), Toyoukebime (豊受姫神), Ōmononushi...

ceremony to enshrine three kami (Shinto deities); Ōkunitama [simple], Ōkuninushi, and Sukunahikona, was held in Tokyo. They were enshrined as the three...

version of his lineage. It places Ōkuninushi as his descendant in the fifth generation. The Kojiki says Ōkuninushi is in the sixth generation. Yashimajinumi...

mother of Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja]: 277–278  She is an ancestess of Ōkuninushi.: 277–278  Her sister is Konohanasakuya-hime the volcano goddess worshipped...

resurrection and even Elysium-like descriptions such as in the legend of Ōkuninushi and Susanoo. Shinto tends to hold negative views on death and corpses...