
Deity
Kazamokutsuwake-no-Oshio-no-Kami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki section on land-birth and deity-birth.
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Sixth of the six household deities in the Kojiki (712 CE); the wind-warding deity of the dwelling.
Description
Kazamokutsuwake-no-Oshio-no-Kami (風木津別之忍男神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on land-birth and deity-birth. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves this reading. He is the sixth of the six household deities born to Izanagi and Izanami after the completion of land-creation, considered a deity warding against winds at the dwelling. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source, treating the citation as the starting point for any relational links.
Sources
風木津別之忍男神 かざもくつわけのおしをのかみ/かざもくつわけのおしおのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」風木津別之忍男神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kazamokutsuwakenooshionokami/家宅六神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
風木津別之忍男神(カザモクツワケノオシヲ)について、家宅六神の最後の柱として家屋への風当たりを司る位置、古事記神生み章での系列内の役割を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%B6%E5%AE%85%E5%85%AD%E7%A5%9E
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