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Deity

Funozunu-no-Kami

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Funozunu-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) as a fourth-generation deity in the Izumo line that runs from Susanoo to Okuninushi.

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Funozunu-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) as a fourth-generation ancestor in the Izumo line that runs to Okuninushi-no-Kami.

Description

Funozunu-no-Kami is recorded in Kojiki (712 CE) Upper Volume in the Okuninushi genealogical chain. A linked passage gives, "Fuwanomojikunusunu-no-Kami took to wife Hikawa-Hime, daughter of Okami-no-Kami, and bore Fukafuchi-no-Mizuyarehana-no-Kami; this deity took to wife Amenotsudoechine-no-Kami and bore Omizunu-no-Kami." A variant tradition records the line with Funozunu-no-Kami inserted between Fukafuchi-no-Mizuyarehana-no-Kami and Torinarumi-no-Kami. The seven-generation lineage runs Yashimajinumi-no-Kami to Fuwanomojikunusunu-no-Kami to Fukafuchi-no-Mizuyarehana-no-Kami to Funozunu-no-Kami to Torinarumi-no-Kami to Amenofuyukinu-no-Kami to Okuninushi-no-Kami. His father is Fukafuchi-no-Mizuyarehana-no-Kami and his mother is Amenotsudoechine-no-Kami; his consort is Hinarashibime, daughter of Okami-no-Kami, and his child is Torinarumi-no-Kami. He is recognised among the ancestors in the genealogy at Izumo Taisha and Sada Jinja in the Izumo region.

Genealogy

Sources

  • 布怒豆怒神 ふのづののかみ/ふのずののかみ

    Primary source

    國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」布怒豆怒神。

    https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/funozunonokami/
  • 古事記 上巻 須佐之男命系譜

    Primary source

    古事記 上巻 須佐之男命系譜に基づく神格・系譜・登場場面の整理。

  • 神道・神名辞典 布怒豆怒神項

    Secondary source

    神道・神名辞典 布怒豆怒神項を参照した神格名・関連文脈の補助確認。

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