Inori no Mori祈りの杜working title

Kami (Shinto deity)

Ōyamatsumi no Kami

大山津見神おおやまつみのかみ

An illustration of Ōyamatsumi no Kami created for this site
An original illustration made for this site.

Ōyamatsumi is the kami of mountains who comes forth in the birth of the kami in the Kojiki. Together with the kami of fields, Ōyamatsumi gives birth to further kami, leading on to the lineage of kami connected with mountains and fields.

This page introduces the myths told in the classics and the faith handed down in various places, with their sources. It does not guarantee that any particular wish will be fulfilled.

English pages are the site’s own translations of its Japanese pages. The sources cited are in Japanese. 日本語で読む

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What kind of kami

Ōyamatsumi is the kami of mountains who comes forth in the birth of the kami in the Kojiki. Together with the kami of fields, Ōyamatsumi gives birth to further kami, leading on to the lineage of kami connected with mountains and fields.

Source: 國學院大學

What the myths hand down

When Ninigi no Mikoto proposed marriage to Konohanasakuyabime, Ōyamatsumi, as her father, sent her off together with Iwanagahime. There is a scene that tells of the meaning placed in offering both sisters together.

Source: 國學院大學

Links between the sources and faith

Kokugakuin University explains Ōyamatsumi's character as a kami who governs mountains and the role of linking the lineages of Izumo and of the heavenly grandson. We treat Ōyamatsumi as a different kami from Ōyamakui no Kami, whose name is similar.

Source: 國學院大學

An example of a chant (in Japanese)

祓え給い、清め給え、神（かむ）ながら守り給い、幸（さきわ）え給え

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Sources (in Japanese)