Deity Seventeen Generations of Earthly Deities
Ōkuninushi
大國主神 zh 大国主神 ja 오쿠니누시 ko
Divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto
- Child of Sashikuni Wakahime, Ame no Fuyu Kinu no kami and Susanoo
- Consort of Yagami-hime, Tagitsuhime, Takiribime and 4 more
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Overview
From Wikipedia, quoted unmodified under CC BY-SA 4.0; the article’s history is its list of authors.
Family
The family of Ōkuninushi
Parents, consorts and children as the accounts give them. Choose a consort to see the children the stories give the two.
Accounts differ about a god’s family. Where they name different parents, the tree sets them side by side instead of choosing one.
The family as a list · 38
Kinship in an account 38
What this means
Parentage as a named source tells it. Not an independently established biological relationship, and different accounts disagree.
Does not imply an independently established biological relationship · agreement between accounts · marriage as a legal institution · exclusivity, or a single canonical pairing · shared parentage in every account · descent from the same generation in a single tree
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
- child of (child) Ame no Fuyu Kinu no kami Japanese deity
- child of (child) Kushinadahime deity in Shinto mythology
- child of (child) Sashikuni Wakahime
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child of (child) Susanoo Shinto deity -
parent of (father) Ajisukitakahikone Japanese deity -
parent of (father) Ame no Wakahiko Japanese deity -
parent of (father) Hitokotonushi Japanese deity - parent of (father) Honoakari
- parent of (child) Isetsuhiko God of Wind
- parent of (father) Ki-no-Mata-no-Kami Japanese deity
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parent of (father) Kotoshironushi Shinto deity -
parent of (father) Shitateruhime Japanese deity -
parent of (father) Takeminakata Japanese god of wind water and agriculture - parent of (father) Torinarumi no kami Japanese deity
- partner of (spouse) Kamuyatate hime no mikoto Japanese deity
- partner of (spouse) Nunakawa hime Japanese deity
- partner of (spouse) Suseri-hime daughter of the storm god Susanoo
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partner of (spouse) Tagitsuhime -
partner of (spouse) Takiribime Japanese deity - partner of (spouse) Totori no kami Japanese deity
- partner of (spouse) Yagami-hime Japanese deity
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sibling of Amatsuhikone Figure in Japanese mythology -
sibling of Ame no Hohi Japanese kami -
sibling of Ame no Oshihomimi kami
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- sibling of Hitokotonushi Japanese deity
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sibling of Ichikishimahime water deity -
sibling of Ikutsuhikone Japanese deity -
sibling of Isotakeru Japanese deity -
sibling of Kumanokusubi God in Japanese mythology - sibling of Ōyamakui divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto
- sibling of Oyatsuhime and Tsumatsuhime Japanese deities
- sibling of Suseri-hime daughter of the storm god Susanoo
- sibling of Tagitsuhime
- sibling of Takiribime Japanese deity
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sibling of Toshigami Shinto kami -
sibling of Ukanomitama Japanese deity - sibling of Wakumusubi Japanese deity
- sibling of Yamato no ōkuni tama no kami Japanese deity
Connections
How Ōkuninushi connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 1
What this means
Association with a tradition or school. Traditions branch, overlap and re-merge; this is not a clean single-origin tree.
Does not imply a fixed roster · that every account of the tradition knows this figure
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
Identification 8
What this means
One figure treated as another in some context. Not literal identity in all contexts, and usually a claim by a third party.
Does not imply literal identity in all contexts · that either tradition made the identification
Imported from Wikidata unless a tile says otherwise. Nothing here has been read by an editor.
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identified with Daikokuten Japanese deity of wealth, commerce and trade; an adaptation of the Hindu/Buddhist deity Mahākāla - identified with Kotoshironushi Shinto deity
- identified with Ōmononushi kami in Japanese Shinto tradition
- identified with Susanoo Shinto deity
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identified with Thousand-Armed Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara manifestation of Avalokiteśvara which has a thousand arms - identified with Toshigami Shinto kami
- identified with Yamato no ōkuni tama no kami Japanese deity
- identified with Yashimajinumi no kami Japanese deity
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
44 statements on this record
- 29 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 15 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 7 of them cite only Wikipedia: one source, counted once.
Only this record’s own statements. What other records say about it is counted on theirs.
Three layers, three licences
- Text
- Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted, not merged
- Pictures
- Wikimedia Commons · each file’s own terms
Review
Not yet read by an editor here. Every relationship on this page is an import.
Disagreements are kept, not resolved, and a count of sources is not a confidence score.
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