Sukuna-biko-na

Small deity who joins Okuninushi in making the land. Kojiki XXVII calls him Kamimusubi’s child; Nihongi I instead names Takamimusubi. He subsequently goes to the Eternal Land.

Parentage

Recorded default; alternative parentage accounts are listed separately below.

No parents recorded in the default.

Parentage accounts

Each account is a separate source claim. The parentage and children listed outside these accounts use the recorded default. Selecting an account in the interactive app updates its lineage, descent classification and inherited-power candidates. Linked pedigree accounts are selected together; other records retain their recorded parentage. Claims of ancestry are not proof of biological descent or attested powers.

• Kojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: KamimusubiKojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8 (primary)
  Kojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8 (primary)
• Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment

  deity by descent in this account.

  • parent: TakamimusubiNihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment (primary)
  Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment (primary)

Variant accounts

• objectsHe arrives in a small plant-rind boat. The Kojiki translator marks the garment material as a disputed textual reading; the Nihongi specifies wren feathers and attributes methods of healing and warding off animal harm to the two land-makers.Kojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8 (primary); Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment (primary)

Relations

• sworn companion: ŌkuninushiThey are instructed to become brethren and make the land; this is not common biological parentage.Kojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8 (primary); Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment (primary)

Sources

• Small deity who joins Okuninushi in making the land. Kojiki XXVII calls him Kamimusubi’s child; Nihongi I instead names Takamimusubi. He subsequently goes to the Eternal Land.: Kojiki XXVII, Kamimusubi’s child and joint land-making, notes 3–8 (primary); Nihongi I, Aston translation, I.59–63: Sukunabikona, healing and parental acknowledgment (primary)