Norse
Sif
golden hair, grain (by later reading)
Ōkuninushi
Japanese (Shinto) tradition. See the whole pantheon.
- Domains
- the land, healing, marriage
- Symbols and attributes
- Izumo Taisha
- descendant of
- Susanoo
Key myth
He built the land of Izumo and was asked by the heavenly kami to give it up. In return, Izumo Taisha was built for him.
Where sources differ or caution applies. The Kojiki makes him Susanoo's descendant (sixth generation); the Nihon Shoki says son.
Place in the family graph
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Elsewhere in the world
Deities in other traditions who share a theme with Ōkuninushi: earth, harvest and fertility, love, desire and fertility. This is overlap in one area only.