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Ohoyamatsumi

Ohoyamatsumi is the alternative spelling of Ōyamatsumi.

Meaning of Ōyamatsumi

Proper noun

Ōyamatsumi

  1. (Japanese) A brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, Susanoo and Kagutsuchi, and an important kami in charge of the mountains and the sea. Sometimes also viewed as in charge of sake brewing and war.
    • […], this mountain was a cult site for the kami Ōmiwa Myōjin and Ōyamatsumi, and a shrine temple dedicated to these deities already existed there.2003, Mark Teeuwen, Fabio Rambelli, Buddhas and Kami in Japan, RoutledgeCurzon, page 24
    Synonyms:
    Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto

Origin of Ohoyamatsumi

Romanization of Japanese おほやまつみ (Ohoyamatsumi), historical hiragana reading of 大山祇 (おおやまつみ, Ōyamatsumi).

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Ohoyamatsumi is the alternative spelling of Ōyamatsumi.

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