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    Kumanokusubi

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    Kumanokusubi
    Genealogy
    Parents
    • Amaterasu (mother)
    SiblingsAme-no-hohi (brother)

    Ame-no-oshihomimi (brother) Ikutsuhikone (brother)

    Amatsuhikone (brother)
    Oath between Amaterasu and Susanowo (based on the Kojiki)

    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]

    Some scholars have identified this kami as the saijin at the shrine Kumano Jinja in Shimane Prefecture.[3]

    Name

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    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]

    Summary

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    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]

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    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]}

    References

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    1. ^ a b "Kumanokusubi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
    2. ^ "Kumanokusubi | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム".
    3. ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
    4. ^ Seigo Takahashi (1917). A Study of the Origin of the Japanese State. W. D. Gray.
    5. ^ "Amenooshihomimi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
    6. ^ Havens, Norman; Inoue, Nobutaka (2006). An Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten): Kami. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University. ISBN 978-4-905853-08-4.
    7. ^ "Shinto Portal - IJCC, Kokugakuin University".
    8. ^ "The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese". 1990.
    9. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kumanokusubi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
    10. ^ "Nihon no kami yomi kakkai jiten" (in Japanese). Kawaguchi Kenji (ed.). Kashiwa Shobo. 1999. ISBN 978-4-7601-1824-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
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