Kamimusubi no Mikoto

Japanese: 神皇産霊尊 - かみむすひのみこと

A god in Japanese mythology. In the Kojiki, he is written as Kamimusubi no Mikoto and also as Kamimusubi no Omisora no Mikoto. His name also appears in the Izumo no Kuni Fudoki, where he is written as Kamitamami no Mikoto. The "musu" in his name represents the power to create and flourish plants. Therefore, it is thought that he originally deified the power to create plants, and in mythology, the original form of this god's name is well shown in the legend (Kojiki) that this god took the grains that grew on the corpse of a goddess named Okuma no Tsuhime and sowed them as seeds to grow. In the Kojiki, he is written at the beginning as one of the three gods of creation (the three gods who control the beginning of things) along with Ame-no-Minakanushi no Mikoto and Takamimusubi no Mikoto. He is a god opposed to Takamimusubi no Mikoto, who has a deep connection to Takamagahara, and is a guardian deity of the mythological world centered on Izumo. He was originally a god who originated in the Izumo region, and was probably incorporated into Izumo as Izumo came to the forefront as the core of the earthly world during the formation of the central mythology. However, in the Nihon Shoki, he is not given a clear position or an important role like in the Kojiki, and in fact, his name is only mentioned twice in the book, and he does not have a role to play at all. This difference should be attributed to the difference in the compilation policy of the Kojiki and the Nihon Shoki. <References> Kuratsuka Teruko, "The Izumo Mythological World and the God Kamimusubi" (Japanese Literary Research Materials Series, Japanese Mythology, I, edited by the Japanese Literary Research Materials Publishing Association), Kanno Shi Takamitsu, "The Accomplishment of the Kojiki"

(Noritaka Kanda)

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

Japanese:

日本神話の神。『古事記』では神産巣日神と記し,また神産巣日御祖命ともいう。『出雲国風土記』にも名がみえ,神魂命と記す。神名の「むす」は植物の生成繁茂する力を表している。従って元来は植物の生成力を神格化したものと思われ,神話としては,この神が大気津比売神という女神の死体に生じた穀類を取ってきて蒔き育てる種としたとする伝承(『古事記』)に,この神名の表す本来の姿がよく示されている。『古事記』では天之御中主神,高御産巣日神と合わせ,造化3神(物事の出来始めを司る3柱の神)として冒頭に記される。高天原に深いかかわりを持つ高御産巣日神に対置される神であり,出雲を中心とした神話世界の守護神的存在。はじめ出雲地方に発した神で,中央神話の形成過程において,出雲が地上世界の中核としてクローズアップされるのに連れて,取り込まれたものであろう。ただし『日本書紀』では『古事記』のような明確な位置づけや,重要な役割を与えられておらず,それどころか僅か一書の中に2度その名を記すのみで,活躍の場をまったく持たない。この違いは『古事記』と『日本書紀』の編纂方針の違いに起因するとすべきであろう。<参考文献>倉塚曄子「出雲神話圏とカミムスビの神」(日本文学研究資料刊行会編『日本文学研究資料叢書日本神話』Ⅰ),神野志隆光『古事記の達成』

(神田典城)

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