Ōyamatsumi

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Ōyamatsumi
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ChildrenKonohana Sakuya
Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi

Ōyamatsumi is a Mountain God in Shinto and the father of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi.[1][2] He is also the father of Konohana Sakuya.

His name ends with Mi which is an honorific particle used to express authority or divinity in Old Japanese.[3]

Family tree[change | change source]

AmaterasuTakamimusubi
Ame-no-oshihomimiTakuhadachiji-himeŌyamatsumi
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
(天孫)
Konohanasakuya-himeWatatsumi
HoderiHosuseri
(海幸彦)
Hoori
(山幸彦)
Toyotama-himeUtsushihikanasaku [ja]Nurutama-no-mikoto [ja]
Hayato peopleUgayafukiaezuTamayori-himeAzumi peopleOwari clan [ja]
Yamato clan)
Itsuse [ja]InahiMikeiri [ja]Jimmu
Imperial House of Japan
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.
Susanoo[4][5] Ōyamatsumi[6]
Ashinazuchi[7]TenazuchiKonohanachiruhime [ja][8]
Kushinadahime[9]
Yashimajinumi [ja][8]
Kagutsuchi [en][10]
Kuraokami [en][11]
Hikawahime [ja][12]Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu [ja][13]
Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana [ja]Ame-no-Tsudoechine [ja]Funozuno [ja]
Sashikuni Okami [ja]Omizunu [ja]Futemimi [ja]
Sashikuniwakahime [ja]Ame-no-Fuyukinu [ja][14][15]Takamimusubi [en]
Futodama
Nunakawahime [ja] Ōkuninushi[16]
(Ōnamuchi)[17]
Kamotaketsunumi no Mikoto [en]
Kotoshironushi[18] Tamakushi-hime [en] Takeminakata [en] Susa Clan [en][19]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
711–585 BC

Emperor Jimmu
660–585 BC(1)
Himetataraisuzu-hime [en][20]Kamo no Okimi [ja]
632–549 BC

Emperor Suizei
581–549 BC(2)
Isuzuyori-hime Hikoyai Kamuyaimimi
d.577 BC
Miwa clan [en]
   * Pink is female.
   * Blue is male.
   * Grey means other or unknown.
   * Clans, families, people groups are in green.



References[change | change source]

  1. Chamberlain (1882). Section XVIII.—The Eight-Forked Serpent.
  2. Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1400878000.
  3. 本居宣長古事記伝』七之巻。
  4. Atsushi, Kadoya (10 May 2005). "Susanoo". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  5. "Susanoo | Description & Mythology". Encyclopedia Britannica.
  6. Kaoru, Nakayama (7 May 2005). "Ōyamatsumi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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  8. 8.0 8.1 "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Yashimajinumi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
  9. "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kushinadahime". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp.
  10. "Kagutsuchi". World History Encyclopedia.
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  13. Herbert, J. (2010). Shinto: At the Fountainhead of Japan. Routledge Library Editions: Japan. Taylor & Francis. p. 402. ISBN 978-1-136-90376-2. Retrieved 2020-11-21.
  14. Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. p. 92.
  15. Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land.
  16. Atsushi, Kadoya; Tatsuya, Yumiyama (20 October 2005). "Ōkuninushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  17. Atsushi, Kadoya (21 April 2005). "Ōnamuchi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  18. Atsushi, Kadoya (28 April 2005). "Kotoshironushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  19. Tanigawa Ken'ichi [de] 『日本の神々 神社と聖地 7 山陰』(新装復刊) 2000年 白水社 ISBN 978-4-560-02507-9
  20. Kazuhiko, Nishioka (26 April 2005). "Isukeyorihime". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.