Deity
Kuninomikumari-no-Kami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki land-birth section.
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Water-distribution deity of the land from the Kojiki (712 CE); paired with the heavenly Mikumari deity.
Description
Kuninomikumari-no-Kami (国之水分神) 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 the reading. The name element "Mikumari" denotes the dividing and distribution of waters, marking this deity as a water-distribution deity of the land. He is paired with Amenomikumari-no-Kami (the heavenly water-distribution deity). 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
国之水分神 くにのみくまりのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」国之水分神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kuninomikumarinokami/水分神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
国之水分神（クニノミクマリ）について、古事記神生み章で天之水分神と対をなす位置、大和四水分（吉野・宇太・葛城・都祁）の祭祀、子守信仰への展開を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E5%88%86%E7%A5%9E
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