Iwa no Okami - Iwa no Okami

Japanese: 伊和大神 - いわのおおがみ

This god appears only in the Harima no Kuni Fudoki and mainly travels around the country. He appears to have been an influential god in the region, as there are many articles about him in the Fudoki, and he also has 10 descendants. Some articles suggest he was from Izumo, but he is actually a god unique to Harima, and his connection with Izumo is relatively recent, possibly after the reign of Emperor Tenchi (668-671). In any case, it seems that his support base declined early on not long after the Fudoki was compiled, and he became mixed up with the Izumo-related gods. Even at Iwa Shrine in Ichinomiya-cho, Hyogo Prefecture, which would have originally worshiped this god, it is unknown when, but he has come to be worshiped as a god of the Izumo lineage, Iwaza Onamomochi-no-Mikoto (now Okuninushi-no-Mikoto), for the present day. <References> Yagi Tsuyoshi, Studies on the Kofudoki and Ancient Tales

(Noritaka Kanda)

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

Japanese:

『播磨国風土記』にのみみえる神で,もっぱら国内を巡行する。地域では有力な神だったとみえて,同風土記に多くの記事を載せ,御子神も10柱を数える。なかに出雲出身であることを思わせる記事もあるが,本来的に播磨国に固有の神で,出雲との関係が生じるのは比較的新しく,天智朝(668～671)以後かともいわれている。いずれにしろ,風土記編纂のころから程遠くない時期に,早々とその支持基盤が衰退したらしく,出雲系の神に紛れてしまう。もともとはこの神を祭っていたであろう兵庫県一宮町の伊和神社などでも,いつとは知れず祭神を伊和坐大名持御魂神(現在は大己貴命)という出雲系の神として現在に至る。<参考文献>八木毅『古風土記・上代説話の研究』

(神田典城)

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