Oyamatsumi-no-kami

Japanese: 大山津見神 - おおやまつみのかみ
Oyamatsumi-no-kami

...A mountain god who appears in the Kojiki and Nihon shoki myths. In the Kojiki, he is written as Oyamatsumi no Kami. In the Kojiki, he appears as the father of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi (Ashinomachi and Temachi) and Konohana no Sakuya Hime (Konohana Sakuyahime), and as the Kunitsukami of the Earth in opposition to the Amatsukami.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Oyamatsumi-no-Kami" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…記紀神話に登場する山の神。《古事記》では大山津見神と記す。《古事記》では足名椎(あしなずち)・手名椎(てなずち)(脚摩乳・手摩乳)や木花之佐久夜毘売(このはなのさくやびめ)(木花開耶姫)の父であり天津神(あまつかみ)に対する大地の国津神(くにつかみ)として登場する。…

※「大山津見神」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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