三さん神じん

noun

the three gods of creation

Shinto term referring to the three primordial deities of creation: Ame-no-Minakanushi, Takamimusubi, and Kamimusubi. Used in religious and mythological contexts.

• 古こ事じ記きでは、天てん地ち開かい闢びゃくの時ときに三さん神じんが現あらわれたとされる。

  In the Kojiki, it is said that the three gods of creation appeared at the beginning of heaven and earth.

noun

five-grain guardian gods

Rare alternative meaning referring to guardian deities of the five grains. This sense is obscure and not commonly encountered.

• 一いち部ぶの地ち方ほう信しん仰こうでは、三さん神じんが五ご穀こくを守しゅ護ごする神かみとして祀まつられることがある。

  In some local beliefs, the three gods are sometimes enshrined as deities protecting the five grains.