Kazamokutsuwake-no-Oshio-no-Kami image

Deity

Kazamokutsuwake-no-Oshio-no-Kami

Publicly verified

A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki section on land-birth and deity-birth.

In 30 seconds

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

Read next

Your ties

Trace your own ties

Begin from what you have just read, and open the connections that are yours.

Trace your ties