Ōkuninushi
E139592
Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ōkuninushi canonical | 29 |
| Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami | 4 |
| En-musubi (deity of matchmaking and bonds) | 1 |
| Ōkuni-nushi-no-Mikoto | 1 |
| Ōkuninushi-no-Mikoto | 1 |
| Ōmononushi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1010764 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ōkuninushi Context triple: [Ikuta Shrine, hasDeity, Ōkuninushi]
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A.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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B.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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C.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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D.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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E.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ōkuninushi Target entity description: Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
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A.
Ninigi-no-Mikoto
Ninigi-no-Mikoto is a central deity in Japanese mythology, known as the grandson of the sun goddess Amaterasu who descended to earth and became the divine progenitor of Japan’s imperial line.
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B.
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto
Wakahirume-no-Mikoto is a Shinto goddess associated with the rising sun and weaving, revered as a divine maiden linked to the sun deity Amaterasu.
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C.
Hachiman
Hachiman is a major Shinto deity revered as the god of war and the divine protector of Japan and its people, especially warriors.
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D.
Susanoo
Susanoo is a major Shinto storm and sea deity known for his turbulent nature and legendary battle with the serpent Yamata no Orochi.
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E.
Amaterasu
Amaterasu is the Shinto sun goddess and one of the most important deities in Japanese mythology, revered as the divine ancestor of Japan’s imperial line.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shinto deity
ⓘ
kami ⓘ mythological figure ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Kojiki
ⓘ
Nihon Shoki ⓘ |
| associatedMyth | White Hare of Inaba ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Daikokuten
ⓘ
linked to:
Daikoku
agriculture ⓘ creation of the land of Japan ⓘ good fortune ⓘ harmonious relationships ⓘ marriage ⓘ medicine ⓘ nation-building ⓘ protection of the land ⓘ |
| contrastedWith | Amaterasu ⓘ |
| cultCenter | Izumo Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalOrigin | Japan ⓘ |
| domain |
land of Izumo
ⓘ
linked to:
Izumo
|
| family | descendant of Susanoo ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| knownFor |
ceding the land to the heavenly deities
ⓘ
developing the land for humans ⓘ |
| mainShrine |
Izumo Taisha
ⓘ
linked to:
Izumo Taisha Shrine
|
| majorDeityIn | Shinto ⓘ |
| mythology | Japanese mythology ⓘ |
| otherName |
Daikoku
ⓘ
Ōkuninushi-no-Ōkami ⓘ
linked to:
Ōkuninushi
Ōmononushi ⓘ
linked to:
Ōkuninushi
Ōnamuchi ⓘ |
| patronOf |
farmers
ⓘ
healers ⓘ nation-builders ⓘ |
| regionOfCult | Izumo ⓘ |
| religion | Shinto ⓘ |
| role |
creator of the land of Japan
ⓘ
protector of Japan ⓘ |
| sphereOfInfluence |
earthly realm
ⓘ
fertility of the land ⓘ |
| spouse |
Suseri-hime
ⓘ
linked to:
Kushinadahime
Yakami-hime ⓘ |
| symbol |
large sack
ⓘ
mallet of fortune ⓘ rice bales ⓘ |
| title | ruler of Izumo ⓘ |
| worshippedAt |
Izumo Taisha
ⓘ
linked to:
Izumo Taisha Shrine
|
| worshipType |
kunitsukami
ⓘ
ujigami ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ōkuninushi Description of subject: Ōkuninushi is a major Shinto deity associated with nation-building, medicine, agriculture, and good fortune, often revered as a protector and creator of the land of Japan.
Referenced by (37)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi
subject linked to:
Mount Mitake
subject linked to:
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni (Middle Land of Reed Plains)
subject linked to:
Ashihara-no-Nakatsukuni (Middle Land of Reed Plains)
linked to: Ōkuninushi
linked to: Ōkuninushi