Kunitsukami Explained

Kunitsukami (国つ神,[1] 国津神[2]) are the kami of the land[3] and live in tsuchi (earth).[4]

Mythology

Many myths in the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki are about the conflict between the Kunitsukami and the Amatsukami.[5]

List of kunitsukami

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Klautau. Orion. Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan. Krämer. Hans Martin. 2021-03-31. University of Hawaii Press. 978-0-8248-8458-1. 130. en.
  2. Book: Goto, Akira. Cultural Astronomy of the Japanese Archipelago: Exploring the Japanese Skyscape. 2020-11-19. Routledge. 978-1-000-22109-1. 28. en.
  3. Book: Bocking, Brian. A Popular Dictionary of Shinto. 2005-09-30. Routledge. 978-1-135-79738-6. en.
  4. Book: Picken, Stuart D. B.. Historical Dictionary of Shinto. 2010-12-28. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7372-8. 38. en.
  5. Book: Ashkenazi, Michael . Handbook of Japanese Mythology . 2003 . ABC-CLIO . 978-1-57607-467-1 . 141 . en.
  6. Book: Drott, Edward R. . Buddhism and the Transformation of Old Age in Medieval Japan . 2016-04-30 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-5150-7 . 8 . en.
  7. Book: Narayanan, Vasudha. Eastern Religions: Origins, Beliefs, Practices, Holy Texts, Sacred Places. 2005. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-522191-6. 440–441. en.
  8. Book: Picken, Stuart D. B.. Historical Dictionary of Shinto. 2010-12-28. Scarecrow Press. 978-0-8108-7372-8. 76. en.

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