Kotoshironushi
Japanese · deity · kamiyo · Recorded classification
He agrees immediately and then removes himself, which is the least examined and most consequential act in the episode: Izumo's case is conceded by the son whose office is speaking on his father's behalf, and then the spokesman is gone. His disappearance is described as hiding himself behind a green fence of branches, which is the formula the Kojiki uses for a god withdrawing from the world. He is widely identified with Ebisu, whom the registry already holds, and the census records that identification without merging the two.
Parentage
- parent: Ōkuninushi
- parent: Kamuya-tate-himeKojiki, section XXVI, descendants of Okuninushi; Chamberlain translation and notes (primary)
Children in alternative accounts
- Hime-tatara I-suzu-hime: Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.61–62: alternative parentage of Hime-tatara I-suzu-himeNihongi I, Aston translation, I.61–62: alternative parentage of Hime-tatara I-suzu-hime (primary)
Domains
- oracles
- fishing
Relations
- parent: Kamuya-tate-himeKojiki, section XXVI, descendants of Okuninushi; Chamberlain translation and notes (primary)
- partner in account: Mizo-kuhi-himeNihongi I, Aston translation, I.61–62: alternative parentage of Hime-tatara I-suzu-hime (primary)
Sources
- Kotoshironushi is the son of Ōkuninushi who, consulted about the demand for the land, agreed at once, advised his father to agree, and vanished.: Reference treatment of the kuni-yuzuri. (secondary)