noun
Takeminakata; Takeminakatatomi
A Shinto deity of military arts and agriculture, son of Ōkuninushi, enshrined at Suwa Grand Shrine. Also known as Minakatatomi.
See also: 大国主命
建御名方神は諏訪大社の祭神である。
Takeminakata is the enshrined deity of Suwa Grand Shrine.
古事記では、建御名方神は大国主神の子とされている。
In the Kojiki, Takeminakata is described as a child of Ōkuninushi.
Ōkuninushi is the father of Takeminakata in Japanese mythology.
The name is of mythological origin; the exact derivation is uncertain. The kanji are conventionally associated with the deity's attributes.