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Kumanokusubi (熊野久须毘命,熊野櫲樟日命, Wonder Worker of Bear Moors)[1] is a God in Japanese mythology. He is the fifth son of Amaterasu.[1][2]
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Siblings | Ame-no-hohi (brother)
Ame-no-oshihomimi (brother) Ikutsuhikone (brother) Amatsuhikone (brother) |
Some scholars have identified this kami as the saijin at the shrine Kumano Jinja in Shimane Prefecture.[3]
He goes by other names like Kumano no oshihomi no mikoto, Kumano no oshikuma no mikoto, Kumano no oshisumi no mikoto, and Kumano no osumi no mikoto.[3]
He was born out of a kami making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo.
In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.[4][5] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.[6][7][8][9]
The deity's name, Kusubi (Kusuhi), is thought to mean "strange spirit" (mysterious divine spirit) or "strange fire. The current deity of Kumano-taisha is "Kumano-taishin Kushimikino- The current deity of Kumano-taisha is "Kumano-taishin Kushimikino- no-mikoto," but there is a theory that the original deity was Kumanokusubi.
Kumano-taishin Kushimikino- no-mikoto," but there is a theory that the original deity was Kumanokusubi. There is a theory that the deity of Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumanokusubi, is Izamiami, but this is also believed to be a reference to Kumanokusubi.[10]}