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Izumo-no-Okami

Publicly verified

Deity name recorded in the Kokugakuin Deity Name Database, attested in Kojiki (712 CE) in the Suinin Chronicle, Homuchiwake-no-Miko section.

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Kojiki deity name attested in the Suinin Chronicle, Homuchiwake-no-Miko section.

Description

Izumo-no-Okami is a deity name preserved in the Kokugakuin University Deity Name Database. The database notes the Suinin-ki, Homuchiwake-no-Miko section of Kojiki (712 CE) as the place of attestation. Interpretations of meaning and identification vary across commentaries, so IZANORA treats source attestation as the anchor for adding relationship lines.

Sources

  • 出雲大神 いづものおほかみ/いずものおおかみ

    Primary source

    國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」出雲大神。

    https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/izumonokami/
  • 出雲大社 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    出雲大神(いづものおほかみ)について、大国主神の出雲地方における尊称としての性格、出雲大社(杵築大社)の主祭神としての位置、出雲地方の在地祭祀における呼称を整理する。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%87%BA%E9%9B%B2%E5%A4%A7%E7%A4%BE

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