Wat (wie) is Ōkuninushi - definitie
Ōkuninushi
![Ōkuninushi was popularly conflated with the deity [[Daikokuten]] (pictured)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Daikoku.jpg?width=200 "Ōkuninushi was popularly conflated with the deity [[Daikokuten]] (pictured)")
![Inasa Beach, [[Shimane Prefecture]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Inasa Beach.jpg?width=200 "Inasa Beach, [[Shimane Prefecture]]")
![Scale model reconstruction of the ancient ''[[honden]]'' of Izumo Taisha](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Izumo-taisha scale model 121281969 6127ff6b17 o.jpg?width=200 "Scale model reconstruction of the ancient ''[[honden]]'' of Izumo Taisha")
![Tottori]], [[Tottori Prefecture]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shirousagi -02.jpg?width=200 "Tottori]], [[Tottori Prefecture]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Ōmononushi (depicted as an orb) appears before Ōkuninushi")
![Ōkuninushi asking a [[toad]] and the [[scarecrow]] god [[Kuebiko]] about the newly-arrived [[Sukunabikona]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ōkuninushi asks the toad.jpg?width=200 "Ōkuninushi asking a [[toad]] and the [[scarecrow]] god [[Kuebiko]] about the newly-arrived [[Sukunabikona]]")
 and Mouse.jpg?width=200 "Ōnamuji being aided by a mouse")
![Ōnamuji and Suseribime escaping from Ne-no-Kuni ([[Natori Shunsen]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/天の沼琴 - Ama no Nugoto.jpg?width=200 "Ōnamuji and Suseribime escaping from Ne-no-Kuni ([[Natori Shunsen]])")
DIVINITY (KAMI) IN JAPANESE SHINTO
Okuninushi; Okuninushi No Mikoto; O-Kuni-Nushi; Ookuninushi; Okuni-Nushi; Ōanamuchi; Ōanamuji; Ōnamuji-no-Kami; 大穴牟遅神
Ōkuninushi (historical orthography: Ohokuninushi), also known as Ō(a)namuchi (Oho(a)namuchi) or Ō(a)namochi (Oho(a)namochi) among other variants, is a kami in Japanese mythology. He is one of the central deities in the cycle of myths recorded in the Kojiki (ca.
