English Explanatory Dictionary

Ōyamatsumi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. 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.

Word forms

Ōyamatsumi Ohoyamatsumi

Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese 大山祇 (Ōyamatsumi, literally “great mountain god”).

Synonyms

Ōyamatsumi-no-Mikoto
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