Ōmononushi-no-Kami

Great kami of Mt. Miwa. Appears to Iku-tama-yori-hime as an unseen nightly visitor; she pins a thread to his garment which leads through a keyhole to Mt. Miwa, revealing his serpent form. Their child is Kushimikatamatsumi.

Children

• Kushi-mikata-no-Mikoto

Domains

• mountain tutelage miwa
• sake brewing
• pestilence pacification

Powers

• Shapeshift into snake or red arrow

Epithets

• 大物主神
• 三輪明神
• 倭大物主櫛甕魂命

Relations

• lover: Iku-tama-yori-bime

Sources

• Kojiki, Sujin chapter
• Nihon Shoki, Sujin 7-8
• Kojiki — identified with Ōkuninushi's nigi-mitama (gentle-spirit) aspect