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
Okuninushi is enshrined at Izumo Grand Shrine.
In the Kojiki, the story of Okuninushi helping the white hare of Inaba is famous.
大穴牟遅命 is an ancient phonographic spelling of a name of 大国主神, transmitted among the deity’s several names in the early chronicles.