Deity
Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami
A divine name recorded in the Kokugakuin University Database of Deities. Appears in the Kojiki opening section on the primordial deities.
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First solitary deity of the Seven Generations in the Kojiki (712 CE); placed first by the Nihon Shoki (720 CE).
Description
Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami (国之常立神) is a divine name listed in the Kojiki (712 CE), specifically in the upper scroll opening section on the primordial deities. The Kokugakuin University Database of Deities preserves the reading. He is the first solitary deity to appear after the Five Distinct Heavenly Deities (Kotoamatsukami), inaugurating the Seven Generations of the Age of the Gods. The Nihon Shoki (720 CE) places this deity as the first deity in the age-of-the-gods opening. The name denotes the eternal standing of the land. Interpretations of identification vary across commentaries, and IZANORA records this name strictly as it appears in the source.
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Sources
国之常立神 くにのとこたちのかみ
Primary source國學院大學 古典文化学事業「神名データベース」国之常立神。
https://kojiki.kokugakuin.ac.jp/shinmei/kuninotokotachinokami/国之常立神 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
国之常立神（クニノトコタチ）について、神世七代冒頭・日本書紀冒頭の天地開闢段における位置、中世神道（伊勢神道・吉田神道）での重視、近代の大本教における再解釈を整理する。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%BD%E4%B9%8B%E5%B8%B8%E7%AB%8B%E7%A5%9E
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