Ōyamatsumi

Ōyamatsumi
Personal information
ChildrenKonohana Sakuya
Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi

Ōyamatsumi is a Mountain God in Shinto and the father of Ashinazuchi and Tenazuchi.[1][2] He is also the father of Konohana Sakuya.

His name ends with Mi which is an honorific particle used to express authority or divinity in Old Japanese.[3]

Family tree

AmaterasuTakamimusubi
Ame-no-oshihomimiTakuhadachiji-himeŌyamatsumi
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
(天孫)
Konohanasakuya-himeWatatsumi
HoderiHosuseri
(海幸彦)
Hoori
(山幸彦)
Toyotama-himeUtsushihikanasakuFurutama-no-mikoto
Hayato peopleUgayafukiaezuTamayori-himeAzumi people(Owari clan
Yamato clan)
ItsuseInahiMikeiriJimmu
Imperial House of Japan
  • Red background is female.
  • Green background means groups
  • Bold letters are three generations of Hyuga.
Ōyamatsumi[4][5][6][7]1. Susanoo[4][8][9][10]: 277 
Kamuo Ichihime[4][6][7][11][12]
Konohanachiru-hime[4][13][10]: 277 Ashinazuchi[4][14][15]Tenazuchi[4][15]Toshigami[4][12][11]Ukanomitama[4][6][7]
(Inari)[16]
Oyamakui[4][17]
Kushinadahime[4][15][18][10]: 277 
2. Yashimajinumi[4][13][10]: 277 
Kagu-tsuchi[19]
Kuraokami[4][20]
Hikawahime[4][21][10]: 278 3. Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu[4][10]: 278 
4. Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana[4][10]: 278 Ame-no-Tsudoechine[4][10]: 278 Funozuno[4][10]: 278 
Sashikuni Okami[4][10]: 278 5. Omizunu[4][10]: 278 Futemimi[4][10]: 278 
Sashikuni Wakahime[4][10]: 278 6. Ame-no-Fuyukinu[4][22][23][10]: 278 Yashimamuji[4]
Kamuyatate-hime[4][24] 7. Ōnamuchi[4][25][10]: 278 [26]Tottori-no-Kami[4]
Mishimamizokui-no-Mikoto[4]
Kotoshironushi[4][27][28] Seyadatara-hime[4][29] Takeminakata[4][30][31]
8. Torinarumi-no-Kami[4][32]Hinateri-Nukada-Bichio-Ikochini-no-Kami[4][32]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
711–585 BC

Jimmu[4][33]
660–585 BC(1)
Himetataraisuzu-hime[4][33]9. Kuninotoshimi-no-Kami[4][32]Ashinataka-no-Kami[4][32]Kamo no Okimi[4][27][34]
Amanomikemunushi-no-Kami
632–549 BC

Suizei[35][36][37]
581–549 BC(2)
Kawamata-hime[4]10. Hayamike-no-Takekasayanosunumi-no-Kami[4][32]Sakitamahime[4][32]
Kuraokami
Annei11. Mikemunushi-no-Hiko-no-Kami[4][32]Hinarashibime[4][32]Hihiraginosonohanamadomi-no-Kami[4][32]
Itoku12. Tahiriki-Shimarumi-no-Kami[4][32]Ikutamatakitamahime-no-Kami[4][32]Shikiyamanushi-no-Kami[4][32]
Kōshō13. Mironami-no-Kami[4][32]Aonuma-Mashi-no-Maou-hime[4][32]Ōyamatsumi
Kōan14. Nunobutomi-Torinarumi-no-Kami[4][32]Wakatsukime Kami[4][32]Amanosagiri-no-Kami[4][32]
Kōrei15. Ame-no-Hibaraooshinadomi-no-Kami[4][32]Totsumatone-no-Kami[4][32]
Kōgen16. Totsuyami-Sakitara-no-Kami[4][32]
Kaika
Sujin
Imperial House of Japan
  • Pink is female.
  • Blue is male.
  • Grey means other or unknown.
  • Clans, families, people groups are in green.

References

  1. ↑ Chamberlain (1882). Section XVIII.—The Eight-Forked Serpent.
  2. ↑ Philippi, Donald L. (2015). Kojiki. Princeton University Press. pp. 89–90. ISBN 978-1400878000.
  3. ↑ 本居宣長『古事記伝』七之巻。
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 Kojiki
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  6. 1 2 3 Chamberlain (1882). Section XIX.—The Palace of Suga.
  7. 1 2 3 Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-of-the-Great-Land.
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  25. ↑ Atsushi, Kadoya; Tatsuya, Yumiyama (20 October 2005). "Ōkuninushi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  26. ↑ Atsushi, Kadoya (21 April 2005). "Ōnamuchi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
  27. 1 2 Varley, H. Paul. (1980). Jinnō Shōtōki: A Chronicle of Gods and Sovereigns. Columbia University Press. p. 89. ISBN 9780231049405.
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  30. ↑ Sendai Kuji Hongi, Book 4 (先代舊事本紀 巻第四), in Keizai Zasshisha, ed. (1898). Kokushi-taikei, vol. 7 (国史大系 第7巻). Keizai Zasshisha. pp. 243–244.
  31. ↑ Chamberlain (1882). Section XXIV.—The Wooing of the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears.
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