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Kamimusubi

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Also known as Kami musubi-no-kami, Kami musuhi no-kami, Kami-musumi-no-kami

Kamimusubi (神産巣日, lit. "Sacred Generative Force"), also known as Kamimusuhi among other variants, is a kami and god of creation in Japanese mythology. They are a hitorigami, and the third of the first three kami to come into existence (Kotoamatsukami), alongside Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi, forming a trio at the beginning of all creation. The name is composed of kami, denoting deity, and musubi, meaning "effecting force of creation".

Key facts

Deity.type
Japanese
Deity.name
Kamimusubi
Deity.image
Japanese Primordial Deities.svg
Deity.caption
Creation of the world according to the , showing the five primordial gods (kotoamatsukami) and the subsequent seven generations of deities (kamiyonanayo)
Deity.god_of
Kotoamatsukami
Deity.script_name
Japanese
Deity.script
神産巣日神
Deity.other_names
Kamimusuhi, Kamumusubi
Deity.parents
None; self-generated
Deity.children
Ame-no-Koyane Sukunabikona
Deity.texts
, Nihon Shoki, Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

6 sections
Contents
  • Mythology
  • Analysis
  • Genealogy
  • Children
  • See also
  • References

Kamimusubi (神産巣日, lit. "Sacred Generative Force"), also known as Kamimusuhi among other variants, is a kami and god of creation in Japanese mythology. They are a hitorigami, and the third of the first three kami to come into existence (Kotoamatsukami), alongside Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi, forming a trio at the beginning of all creation. The name is composed of kami, denoting deity, and musubi, meaning "effecting force of creation".

== Mythology == At the time of the creation of heaven and earth, Kamimusubi was in Takamagahara next to Ame-no-Minakanushi and Takamimusubi.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kamimusubi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.