Kunitokotachi

Kunitokotachi

In Japanese mythology, nihongo|Kunitokotachi|国之常立神 in "Kojiki", 国常立尊 in "Nihonshoki";|Kunitokotachi-no-Kami or Kuninotokotachi-no-Kami is one of the two gods born from "something like a reed that arose from the soil" [Masaki Tsugita, "Kojiki", 1977, ISBN 4061582070] when the earth was chaotic.

Kunitokotachi is described as a hitorigami and genderless in "Kojiki" while as a male god in "Nihonshoki".

Yoshida Kanetomo, the founder of the Yoshida Shintō sect, identified Kunitokotachi with Amenominakanushi and regarded him as the primordial god of the Universe.


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