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Okuninushi

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[aw-koo-nee-noo-shee] / ɔˈku niˈnu ʃi /

noun

Japanese Legend.
  1. a son of Susanowo and, in some legends, creator of the world.


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Finally, there was the Oga-uji, descended from Okuninushi, which makes the eighth of the great uji.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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