Ōkuninushi
Japanese · deity · primordial · deity
Descendant of Susanoo who built the land and ceded it in the kuni-yuzuri.
Parentage
Domains
- land
- medicine
- marriage and union
Powers
- Develop and shape the terrestrial land
- Heal the sick and bind unions
Epithets
- 大国主神
- 大己貴命
- 大黒
Relations
- syncretism: Shiva
Sources
- Kojiki, vol. 1, 712 CE
- Izumo Fudoki, 733 CE