Kamimusubi
Sign in to saveAlso 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
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- 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.