Kumanokusubi is a

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. He is the fifth son of

Amaterasu Amaterasu, also known as Amaterasu Ōmikami () or Ōhirume no Muchi no Kami (), is the goddess of the sun in Japanese mythology. One of the major deities (''kami'') of Shinto, she is also portrayed in Japan's earliest literary texts, the ''Kojik ...

. Some scholars have identified this ''

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'' as the ''saijin'' at the shrine Kumano Jinja in Shimane Prefecture.

Name

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.

Summary

Kojiki The , also sometimes read as or , is an early Japanese chronicle of myths, legends, hymns, genealogies, oral traditions, and semi-historical accounts down to 641 concerning the origin of the Japanese archipelago, the , and the Japanese imperia ...

and Nihon Shoki, he is one of the five (or six in the third book of Nihon Shoki) deities that

Susanoo-no-Mikoto __FORCETOC__ Susanoo (; historical orthography: , ) is a in Japanese mythology. The younger brother of Amaterasu, goddess of the sun and mythical ancestress of the Japanese imperial line, he is a multifaceted deity with contradictory charac ...

incarnated after receiving the eight-shaku-tsunami that belonged to

. He was declared to be the son of Amaterasu because he was born from the fruit of Amaterasu's body. ''Kumano Kusubi-no-mikoto'' in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), ''Kumano Kamanokusuhi-no-mikoto'' in the main text of the Nihongi (Chronicles of Japan), ''Kumano Oshihomi-no-mikoto'' in the first book, ''Kumano Kamanokusuhi-no-mikoto'' in the second book, ''Kumano Kamanokusuhi-no-mikoto'' in the third book, and ''Kumano Kusuhi-no-mikoto'' in the fourth book. In the second book, he is referred to as Kumano Kusuhi, in the third book as Kumano Oshikomi, and in the third book as Kumano Oshikumi, and in the third book as Iwato-Kagakure. In the third book, he is called Kumano-ohkaku-no-mikoto (Kumano-ohsumi). Both are said to be the last (5th or 6th) incarnations of the deity.

Related to Kumano

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 is a Shinto shrine and part of the UNESCO-designated World Heritage Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes in the Kii Mountain Range of Japan. The Kumano Kodō route connects it to other sites under the same classification, which are primarily locate ...

, Kumanokusubi, is Izamiami, but this is also believed to be a reference to Kumanokusubi.}

References

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