Deity
Kumanokusubi-no-Mikoto
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki oath-pact section between Amaterasu and Susanoo.
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Oath-pact deity from the Kojiki (712 CE); one of the five male deities born from Amaterasu's jewels.
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Kumanokusubi-no-Mikoto (熊野久須毘命) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll section on the oath-pact (ukehi) between Amaterasu and Susanoo. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. He is one of the five male deities born from the jewels of Amaterasu, ancestor of clans connected to the Izumo region. 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.
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Sources
熊野久須毘命 くまのくすびのみこと
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」熊野久須毘命。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kumanokusubinomikoto/クマノクスビ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
熊野久須毘命について、アマテラスとスサノオの誓約から生まれた五男神の一柱としての位置、熊野大社（出雲国）・熊野那智大社との関連を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AF%E3%83%9E%E3%83%8E%E3%82%AF%E3%82%B9%E3%83%93
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