Omoikane no Kami - Omoikane no Kami

Japanese: 思兼神 - おもいかねのかみ

A god who appears in Japanese mythology. Meaning a god endowed with many thoughts, or a god who thinks deeply. In the "Nihon Shoki," there is a legend that he is the son of Takamimusubi no Mikoto. In the "Kojiki," he is written as Omoikane no Kami and Tokoyo Omoikane no Kami, and in the "Sendai Kuji Hongi," he is written as Yatogami no Kami and Yatogamikane no Kami. The "Nihon Shoki" also records that this god "plotted deeply and considered far-reachingly" to take measures to lure Amaterasu Omikami, who had secluded herself in a rock cave, and explains that this god is a god "possessing wisdom and thought." In a story before the descent of the heavenly grandson Ninigi no Mikoto, he selects one god after another to be sent to earth, successfully transferring the country, and actually accompanies him on the descent. He often appears in legends together with Ameno-Tajikarao-no-Kami, and there is a theory that he was thought of as a pair with Ameno-Tajikarao, one god of physical strength and the other of intelligence.

(Takashi Sasaki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

日本神話に登場する神。多くの思慮を兼ね備えた神,深く思慮する神の意。『日本書紀』に,高皇産霊尊の子とする伝承がある。『古事記』では思金神,常世思金神とあり,『先代旧事本紀』では八意思金神,八意思兼神と書かれる。また『日本書紀』には,石窟に籠もった天照大神を外へおびき出すためにこの神が「深く謀り,遠く慮りて」対策を講じたと記され,この神は「思慮の智有」る神だとの説明がある。天孫の瓊瓊杵命が降臨する前の話には,地上へ派遣すべき神を次々と選出して国譲りを成功させ,また実際に降臨にも随伴したとある。天手力雄神(アメノタヂカラオノカミ)と一緒に伝承中に登場することが少なくなく,腕力を持つ神と知力を有する神という形で,アメノタヂカラオとペアをなす神だと考えられていた節がある。

(佐佐木隆)

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