Okuninushi

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

noun

Japanese Legend.

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

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Okuninushi

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 F. (Frank) Brinkley

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