Toshigami

Toshigami (年神 or 歳神, Toshigami or Tomo; lit. "year god"), also known as Ōtoshi-no-kami (大年神; lit. "great year god"), is a Japanese kami and a part of the Shinto pantheon.

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Toshigami
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Other names	Toshigami (大年神)
年神 or 歳神	Japanese
Genealogy
Parents	Susanoo (father) Kamuōichi-hime (mother)
Siblings	Ukanomitama
Consorts	Ino-hime (伊怒比売) Kaguyo-hime (香用比売) Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売)
Offspring	Oyamakui no Kami

Mythology

Parentage and siblings

According to the Kojiki, Toshigami was the son of Susanoo and Kamuo Ichihime and the older brother of Ukanomitama.^[1]^[2]

Family

Toshigami had offspring through three different wives: Ino-hime (伊怒比売), Kaguyo-hime (香用比売), and Amechikarumizu-hime (天知迦流美豆比売).^[1] Through Ino-hime, his children include Ohokuni-mitama (大国御魂神), Kara-kami (韓神),^[3] Sofuri-kami (曾富理神), Shirahi-no-kami (白日神), and Hijiri-no-kami (聖神). His children by Kaguyo-hime include Ōkaguyama-tomi (大香山戸臣神) and Mitoshi-no-kami (御年神). With Amechikarumizu-hime, he had Okitsu-hiko-no-kami (奥津日子神), Okitsu-hime-no-mikoto (奥津比売命), Oyamakui-no-kami (大山咋神),^[4] Niwa-tsuhi-no-kami (庭津日神), Asuha-no-kami, Hahiki-no-kami, Kaguyama-tomi-no-kami (香山戸臣神), Hayamato-no-kami (羽山戸神), Niwataka-tsuhi-no-kami (庭高津日神), and Ōtsuchi-no-kami (大土神).

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Parentage and siblings

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