Deity Seventeen Generations of Earthly Deities
Susanoo
素戔嗚尊 zh 스사노 ko
Shinto deity
- Child of Izanagi and Izanami
- Consort of Kamuōichihime, Amaterasu, Kushinadahime
A god is known
by the accounts
that name it.
Accounts kept apart
Family
The family of Susanoo
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 · 28
Kinship in an account 28
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.
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child of (child) Izanagi deity of Shinto religion - child of (child) Izanami goddess of Shinto religion
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parent of (father) Amatsuhikone Figure in Japanese mythology -
parent of (father) Ame no Hohi Japanese kami -
parent of (father) Ame no Oshihomimi kami -
parent of (father) Hitokotonushi Japanese deity -
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parent of (father) Ichikishimahime water deity -
parent of (father) Ikutsuhikone Japanese deity -
parent of (father) Isotakeru Japanese deity -
parent of (father) Kumanokusubi God in Japanese mythology -
parent of (father) Ōkuninushi divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto - parent of (child) Ōyamakui divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto
- parent of (child) Oyatsuhime and Tsumatsuhime Japanese deities
- parent of (father) Suseri-hime daughter of the storm god Susanoo
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parent of (father) Tagitsuhime -
parent of (father) Takiribime Japanese deity -
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parent of (father) Toshigami Shinto kami -
parent of (father) Ukanomitama Japanese deity - parent of (child) Wakumusubi Japanese deity
- parent of (child) Yamato no ōkuni tama no kami Japanese deity
- parent of (father) Yashimajinumi no kami Japanese deity
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partner of (spouse) Amaterasu Sun goddess in Shinto - partner of (spouse) Kamuōichihime Japanese goddess
- partner of (spouse) Kushinadahime deity in Shinto mythology
Connections
How Susanoo connects
Grouped by the kind of relationship, because a successor is not a son and a shared symbol is not an influence.
Affiliation 2
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 7
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 Amitābha Buddha celestial buddha of Mahayana Buddhism -
identified with Daishōgun -
identified with Gozu Tennō Japanese plague deity, historically conflated with Susanoo - identified with Mutō-shin
- identified with Ōkuninushi divinity (kami) in Japanese Shinto
- identified with Omizunu Japanese god
- identified with Tsukuyomi moon god in Shinto and Japanese mythology
Sources
Sources and evidence
Where every statement on this page comes from, and how each one stands.
38 statements on this record
- 25 Has references The statement cites something outside Wikimedia. That citation has not been checked here.
- 13 Imported Taken from Wikidata as it stands. Nobody here has read it. 2 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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