Kumanokusubi

Kumanokusubi
Genealogy
Parents
SiblingsAme-no-hohi (brother)

Ame-no-oshihomimi (brother) Ikutsuhikone (brother)

Amatsuhikone (brother)
Oath between Amaterasu and Susanowo (based on the Kojiki)

Kumanokusubi (熊野久须毘命,熊野櫲樟日命, Wonder Worker of Bear Moors)[1] is a God in Japanese mythology. He is the fifth son of Amaterasu.[1][2]

Some scholars have identified this kami as the saijin at the shrine Kumano Jinja in Shimane Prefecture.[3]

Name

He goes by other names like Kumano no oshihomi no mikoto, Kumano no oshikuma no mikoto, Kumano no oshisumi no mikoto, and Kumano no osumi no mikoto.[3]

Summary

He was born out of a kami-making competition between Amaterasu and Susanoo.

In many versions, Susanoo took Amaterasu's beads and crushed them within his mouth, which created five male kami.[4][5] The first one to be born was Amenooshihomimi, second was Ame-no-hohi, third was Amatsuhikone, fourth was Ikutsuhikone, and Kumanokusubi was the fifth.[6][7][8][9]

The deity's name, Kusubi (Kusuhi), is thought to mean "strange spirit" (mysterious divine spirit) or "strange fire. The current deity of Kumano-taisha is "Kumano-taishin Kushimikino- no-mikoto," but there is a theory that the original deity was Kumanokusubi.

Kumano-taishin Kushimikino- no-mikoto," but there is a theory that the original deity was Kumanokusubi. There is a theory that the deity of Kumano Nachi Taisha, Kumanokusubi, is Izamiami, but this is also believed to be a reference to Kumanokusubi.[10]}

References

  1. ^ a b "Kumanokusubi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. ^ "Kumanokusubi | 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム".
  3. ^ a b "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2023-02-14. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  4. ^ Seigo Takahashi (1917). A Study of the Origin of the Japanese State. W. D. Gray.
  5. ^ "Amenooshihomimi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2020-09-28.
  6. ^ Havens, Norman; Inoue, Nobutaka (2006). An Encyclopedia of Shinto (Shinto Jiten): Kami. Institute for Japanese Culture and Classics Kokugakuin University. ISBN 978-4-905853-08-4.
  7. ^ "Shinto Portal - IJCC, Kokugakuin University".
  8. ^ "The Journal of the Association of Teachers of Japanese". 1990.
  9. ^ "Encyclopedia of Shinto - Home : Kami in Classic Texts : Kumanokusubi". eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp. Retrieved 2020-10-07.
  10. ^ "Nihon no kami yomi kakkai jiten" (in Japanese). Kawaguchi Kenji (ed.). Kashiwa Shobo. 1999. ISBN 978-4-7601-1824-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)