大山祇

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	山	祇
おお Grade: 1	やま Grade: 1	み Jinmeiyō
kun’yomi

Alternative spellings
大山津見大山積

Etymology

Originally a compound of 大 (ō, “great”) +‎ 山 (yama, “mountain”) +‎ つ (tsu, Old Japanese possessive particle) +‎ 神 (mi, “god, spirit”).[1][2]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [o̞ːja̠ma̠t͡sɨᵝmʲi]

Proper noun

大山祇(おおやまつみ) • (Ōyamatsumi) ^{←おほやまつみ (ofoyamatumi)^?}

(mythology, Shinto, Japanese mythology) the kami of the mountains, brother of Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo

Usage notes

Often followed by an epithet, such as の命 (no mikoto, “august, the venerable”) or の神 (no kami, “the god”).[1][2]

This spelling appears to be the most common.

Synonyms

大山積命(おおやまつみのみこと) (Ōyamatsumi no Mikoto)
大山積神(おおやまつみのかみ) (Ōyamatsumi no Kami)

References

Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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