くにつかみ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of くにつかみ – see the following entry.

[noun] (Shinto) the gods of the earth, descendants of the 天(あま)津(つ)神(かみ) (ama tsu kami, “gods of the heavens”)

Alternative spelling
国つ神

(This term, くにつかみ, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
For a list of all kanji read as くにつかみ, see Category:Japanese kanji read as くにつかみ.)

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