Deities of seventeen generations

The Seventeen Generations of Earthly Deities (十七世神, Tōmarinanayo no Kami; lit: 17 generations of gods) are a group of gods in Japanese mythology. The term is present in the Kojiki.[1][2] Basil Hall Chamberlain translated it as the Deities of seventeen generations.[2]

People do not know why the number is 17, because when you count it, it goes to 15 or 16.[1]

It is in the Kojiki and most prominently linked to the Genealogy of Ōkuninushi.[1] The Miwa clan might descend from the later generations.

Family tree

Deities of seventeen generations in the Kojiki
Ōyamatsumi[3][4][5][6]1. Susanoo[3][7][8][9]: 277 
Kamuo Ichihime[3][5][6][10][11]
Konohanachiru-hime[3][12][9]: 277 Ashinazuchi[3][13][14]Tenazuchi[3][14]Toshigami[3][11][10]Ukanomitama[3][5][6]
(Inari)[15]
Oyamakui[3][16]
Kushinadahime[3][14][17][9]: 277 
2. Yashimajinumi[3][12][9]: 277 
Kagu-tsuchi[18]
Kuraokami[3][19]
Hikawahime[3][20][9]: 278 3. Fuha-no-Mojikunusunu[3][9]: 278 
4. Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana[3][9]: 278 Ame-no-Tsudoechine[3][9]: 278 Funozuno[3][9]: 278 
Sashikuni Okami[3][9]: 278 5. Omizunu[3][9]: 278 Futemimi[3][9]: 278 
Sashikuni Wakahime[3][9]: 278 6. Ame-no-Fuyukinu[3][21][22][9]: 278 Yashimamuji[3]
Kamuyatate-hime[3][23] 7. Ōnamuchi[3][24][9]: 278 [25]Tottori-no-Kami[3]
Mishimamizokui-no-Mikoto[3]
Kotoshironushi[3][26][27] Seyadatara-hime[3][28] Takeminakata[3][29][30]
8. Torinarumi-no-Kami[3][31]Hinateri-Nukada-Bichio-Ikochini-no-Kami[3][31]

JAPANESE
EMPERORS
711–585 BC

Jimmu[3][32]
660–585 BC(1) 		Himetataraisuzu-hime[3][32]9. Kuninotoshimi-no-Kami[3][31]Ashinataka-no-Kami[3][31]Kamo no Okimi[3][26][33]
Amanomikemunushi-no-Kami
632–549 BC

Suizei[34][35][36]
581–549 BC(2)		Kawamata-hime[3]10. Hayamike-no-Takekasayanosunumi-no-Kami[3][31]Sakitamahime[3][31]
Kuraokami
Annei11. Mikemunushi-no-Hiko-no-Kami[3][31]Hinarashibime[3][31]Hihiraginosonohanamadomi-no-Kami[3][31]
Itoku12. Tahiriki-Shimarumi-no-Kami[3][31]Ikutamatakitamahime-no-Kami[3][31]Shikiyamanushi-no-Kami[3][31]
Kōshō13. Mironami-no-Kami[3][31]Aonuma-Mashi-no-Maou-hime[3][31]Ōyamatsumi
Kōan14. Nunobutomi-Torinarumi-no-Kami[3][31]Wakatsukime Kami[3][31]Amanosagiri-no-Kami[3][31]
Kōrei15. Ame-no-Hibaraooshinadomi-no-Kami[3][31]Totsumatone-no-Kami[3][31]
Kōgen16. Totsuyami-Sakitara-no-Kami[3][31]
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

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  5. 1 2 3 Chamberlain (1882). Section XIX.—The Palace of Suga.
  6. 1 2 3 Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-of-the-Great-Land.
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  22. ↑ Chamberlain (1882). Section XX.—The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land.
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  25. ↑ Atsushi, Kadoya (21 April 2005). "Ōnamuchi". Encyclopedia of Shinto. Retrieved 2010-09-29.
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  30. ↑ Chamberlain (1882). Section XXIV.—The Wooing of the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears.
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