Ōmononushi
Kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ōmononushi (Japanese: 大物主神, romanized: Ōmononushi-no-Kami; historical orthography: Ohomononushi) is a kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa (also known as Mount Mimoro) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. He is closely linked in the imperial myth cycle recorded in the Kojiki (ca. 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) with the earthly kami Ōkuninushi (Ōnamuchi); indeed, the latter text treats 'Ōmononushi' as another name for or an aspect - more precisely, the spirit or mitama - of Ōnamuchi.
Ōmononushi-no-Kami | |
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Mitama of Ōkuninushi; god of nation-building, agriculture, business, medicine, brewing, and seafaring | |
Other names | Ōmononushi-no-Ōkami (大物主大神) Yamato-no-Ōmononushi-Kushimikatama-no-Mikoto (倭大物主櫛甕魂命, 倭大物主櫛𤭖玉命) Yatokakasu-Mimoro-no-Mikoto (八戸挂須御諸命) Ōmononushi-Ashihara-no-Shiko(o) (大物主葦原志許(乎)) Miwa-no-Ōkami (三輪大神) Ōmiwa-no-Ōkami (意富美和之大神) Miwa Myōjin (三輪明神) Miwa Daimyōjin (三輪大明神) Konpira Daigongen (金毘羅大権現) Ōsugi Daimyōjin (大杉大明神) Ōsugi Daigongen (大杉大権現) |
Japanese | 大物主神 |
Major cult center | Ōmiwa Shrine (Mount Miwa), Kotohira Shrine, Ōsugi Shrine and others |
Symbols | snake |
Texts | Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Harima Fudoki and others |
Genealogy | |
Consort | Ikutamayorihime Mihotsuhime (Nihon Shoki) Seyadatarahime (Kojiki) Yamato-Totohimomosohime (Shoki) |
Children | Isukeyorihime / Isuzuhime Kushimikata (Kojiki) Ōtataneko [ja] (Nihon Shoki) |
Ōmononushi's chief place of worship is Ōmiwa Shrine located at the foot of Mount Miwa, which serves as the shrine's object of worship (shintai); he is thus also known as Miwa-no-Ōkami (三輪大神, 'Great Deity of Miwa') or Miwa (Dai)myōjin (三輪(大)明神). In addition, he is also enshrined in some other shrines such as Ōsugi Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture. The deity of Kotohira Shrine (Kotohira-gū) in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, popularly known as Konpira Daigongen (金毘羅大権現), is also currently identified with Ōmononushi.