Kumanokusubi

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]

Kumanokusubi
Personal information
Parents
SiblingsAme-no-hohi (brother)

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

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

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- 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. "Kumanokusubi • A History of Japan - 日本歴史". A History of Japan - 日本歴史. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  2. https://archive.today/20230320012745/https://d-museum.kokugakuin.ac.jp/eos/detail/?id=9369
  3. "Encyclopedia of Shinto詳細". 國學院大學デジタルミュージアム (in Japanese). 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)
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