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Japanese kami pestilence12/5/2023 ![]() ![]() 'Great Master of Things / Spirits, the Wondrous Awe-Inspiring Spirit ( tama) of Yamato') in the Izumo no Kuni no Miyatsuko no Kanʼyogoto (出雲国造神賀詞, 'Congratulatory Words of the Chieftain of Izumo'), a ritual declaration ( norito) delivered by the governor or kuni no miyatsuko of Izumo Province at the imperial court upon his appointment. The deity is also given the name 'Yamato-no-Ōmononushi-Kushimikatama-no-Mikoto' (倭大物主櫛□玉命, lit. The name 'Ōmononushi' ( 大物主 ( おおものぬし ) historical orthography: おほものぬし, Ohomononushi Old Japanese: Opomo 2no 2nusi) is translated either as 'Great Thing Master' (after a literal translation of the characters used in his name) or 'Great Spirit Master' (with mono being taken as meaning 'spirit' or 'supernatural entity' ). The deity of Kotohira Shrine ( Kotohira-gū) in Kotohira, Kagawa Prefecture, popularly known as Konpira Daigongen ( 金毘羅大権現), is also currently identified with Ōmononushi. In addition, he is also enshrined in some other shrines such as Ōsugi Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture. Ōmononushi's chief place of worship is Ōmiwa Shrine located at the foot of Mount Miwa, which serves as the shrine's object of worship ( shintai) he is thus also known as Miwa-no-Ōkami ( 三輪大神, 'Great Deity of Miwa') or Miwa (Dai)myōjin ( 三輪(大)明神). 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) with the earthly kami Ōkuninushi (Ōnamuchi) indeed, the latter text treats 'Ōmononushi' as another name for or an aspect - more precisely, the spirit or mitama - of Ōnamuchi. He is closely linked in the imperial myth cycle recorded in the Kojiki (ca. Ōmononushi ( Japanese: 大物主神, romanized: Ōmononushi-no-Kami historical orthography: Ohomononushi) is a kami in Japanese mythology associated with Mount Miwa (also known as Mount Mimoro) in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Harima Fudoki and others ![]() Ōmiwa Shrine ( Mount Miwa), Kotohira Shrine, Ōsugi Shrine and others Ōmononushi (depicted aniconically as an orb) appears before Ōkuninushi ( Izumo Taisha, Shimane Prefecture) ![]()
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