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Okuninushi

[aw-koo-nee-noo-shee]

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.

You cannot hope to live more than one hundred years in the most favourable circumstances, but as you will go to the unseen realm of Okuninushi after death and be subject to his rule, learn betimes to bow down before heaven.

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