noun
Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine
A major Shinto deity, later equated with Daikokuten. Enshrined at Izumo Grand Shrine. The name 大穴牟遅命 is an alternate reading of 大国主命.
See also: 大国主命
大穴牟遅命は出雲大社に祀られている。
Okuninushi is enshrined at Izumo Grand Shrine.
古事記では、大穴牟遅命が因幡の白兎を助ける話が有名だ。
In the Kojiki, the story of Okuninushi helping the white hare of Inaba is famous.
The name 大穴牟遅命 is an ancient Japanese reading of the kanji for the deity Okuninushi. The exact derivation is uncertain, but it is a classical alternate name for 大国主命.