Kunitsukami

 

In Shinto Kunitsukami (国つ神, 国津神) are gods (kami) of the Earth. Unlike the Amatsukami (heavenly gods) they live on the Earth (tsuchi) instead of in heaven.

Many myths in the Nihon Shoki and the Kojiki are about Amatsukami and Kunitsukami fighting.

List of kunitsukami

 

See also

References

  1. ↑ Klautau, Orion; Krämer, Hans Martin (2021-03-31). Buddhism and Modernity: Sources from Nineteenth-Century Japan. University of Hawaii Press. p. 130. ISBN 978-0-8248-8458-1.
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  4. ↑ Picken, Stuart D. B. (2010-12-28). Historical Dictionary of Shinto. Scarecrow Press. p. 38. ISBN 978-0-8108-7372-8.
  5. 1 2 Ashkenazi, Michael (2003). Handbook of Japanese Mythology. ABC-CLIO. p. 141. ISBN 978-1-57607-467-1.
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