Aside from the Kojiki and the Shoki, the imperially-commissioned gazetteer report ( Fudoki) of this province dating from the early 7th century contain many myths concerning Ōkuninushi (there named 'Ōanamochi') and related deities. Ōkuninushi is closely associated with the province of Izumo (modern Shimane Prefecture) in western Japan indeed, the myth of his surrender to the gods of heaven may reflect the subjugation and absorption of this area by the Yamato court based in what is now Nara Prefecture. Amaterasu's grandson Ninigi then came down from heaven to govern Ashihara no Nakatsukuni and eventually became the ancestor of the Japanese imperial line. When the heavenly deities ( amatsukami) headed by Amaterasu demanded that he relinquish his rule over the land, Ōkuninushi agreed to their terms and withdrew into the unseen world (幽世, kakuriyo), which was given to him to rule over in exchange. In these texts, Ōkuninushi (Ōnamuchi) is portrayed as the head of the kunitsukami, the gods of the earth, and the original ruler of the terrestrial world, named Ashihara no Nakatsukuni (葦原中国, the 'Central Land of Reed Plains'). 712 CE) and the Nihon Shoki (720 CE) alongside the sun goddess Amaterasu and her brother, the wild god Susanoo, who is reckoned to be either Ōkuninushi's distant ancestor or father. He is one of the central deities in the cycle of myths recorded in the Kojiki ( c. Ōkuninushi ( historical orthography: Ohokuninushi), also known as Ō(a)namuchi ( Oho(a)namuchi) or Ō(a)namochi ( Oho(a)namochi) among other variants, is a kami in Japanese mythology. Kinomata (Kimata), Shitateruhime, Ajisukitakahikone, Kotoshironushi, Takeminakata and others Yagamihime, Suseribime, Nunakawahime, Takiribime, Kamuyatatehime, Torimimi (Totori), and others Susanoo-no-Mikoto and Kushinadahime ( Nihon Shoki)

Kojiki, Nihon Shoki, Izumo Fudoki and othersĪme-no-Fuyukinu and Sashikuniwakahime ( Kojiki) Ōkuninushi (right) and Sukunabikona (left)

Servant of kami in japanese