Omizunu

Omizunu no Kami (淤美豆奴神) is a God of Japanese mythology.

Overview

He is said to be the fourth grandson of Susano-no-mikoto in the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters), but does not appear in the Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan). In "Awaga Daimyojin Genki", a book of Awaga Shrine, he is described as Iyatunu. One of the seventeenth deities (Toomari Nanayo no Kami), Kunitsugami.

Based on the name and the genealogy of his mother,[1] he is thought to be a god associated with water. "The name is thought to be related to water, based on the name and the genealogy of his mother. 淤 is a contraction of Dai (large), Mizu (water), and Naku (lord).[2]

In the "Izumo Kuni Fudoki", Yatsukamizuomitsunomikoto, the deity who pulled the country out of the sea, is also called Imizuomitsunomikoto and Imizuomitsunomikoto'.

The Nagahama Shrine treats Yatsuzoku Mizushimitsunomikoto and Yubo Mimunakata as separate deities, enshrining them as the god of Kunigaki and the god of Myoken, respectively.

At the Kitaito Shrine, he is considered the son of Susanoo-no-Mikoto, and is worshipped as a pioneer deity together with his younger brother, Juhokotoshi-no-Aruhikonomikoto.

Amatsuhikone no Mikoto, is worshipped as the ancestor god of the Kai-koku-zukuri, Omitsunuhikonomikoto.

Genealogy
A genealogical tree from Susanowo to Okuninushi (according to the Kojiki). Blue is male god, red is goddess

Fukabuchi-no-Mizuyarehana gave birth to by marrying the goddess Ame-no-Tsudoechine, who in turn gave birth to Ame no Fuyu Kinu no kami by marrying the goddess Futei-Mimi, daughter of the goddess Fuyu-Todu.

In the Izumokuni Fudoki, he is said to have a son god named Ame-no-hohi.

In the Nagahama Shrine, he is said to be the son of Yatsuzoku Mizushimitsunomikoto and Nuteimimi.

Shrines to worship

See also

References
  1. Kokugakuin University Kokugakuin Center
  2. Shincho Japanese Classics Collection Kojiki Appendix / Exegesis of the God Name
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