Oonamuchi-no-Mikoto

Japanese: 大己貴命 - おおあなむちのみこと

The leader of the gods of the country as set out in the "Nihon Shoki". In the "Kojiki" he is listed as one of the gods Okuninushi . He appears in the "Izumo Fudoki" as the god who created the land, and can also be found in the "Harima Fudoki", fragments of the Fudoki of Iyo, Owari, Izu and Tosa, as well as in the "Manyoshu". In later times, as "Okuni" (great country) is related to "Daikoku ", he was commonly called another name for Daikokuten. Oanamuji no Kami . Oonamuji no Kami . Oanamochi no Mikoto . ※ Chronicles (720) Kamiyo-jo: “The sixth-generation grandson of the child born to Susanoo-no-Mikoto as his consort was called Ohoanamuchi-no-Mikoto (Ohoanamuchi means Ohoanamuchi) .”

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Japanese:

「日本書紀」が設定した国の神の首魁(しゅかい)。「古事記」では大国主神(おおくにぬしのかみ)の一名とされる。「出雲風土記」には国土創造神として見え、また「播磨風土記」、伊予・尾張・伊豆・土佐各国風土記の逸文、また「万葉集」などに散見する。後世、「大国」が「大黒」に通じるところから、俗に、大黒天(だいこくてん)の異称ともされた。大穴牟遅神(おおあなむぢのかみ)。大汝神(おほなむぢのかみ)。大穴持命(おほあなもちのみこと)。※書紀（720）神代上「素戔嗚尊、妃と為たまひて生ませたまへる児の六世の孫、是を大己貴命(オホアナムチのみこと)と曰す〈大己貴、此をば於褒婀娜武智と云ふ〉」

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